Episode 12: Cabrini Critique With Gina Miele and Marybeth bonfiglio
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Gina Miele
Marybeth Bonfiglio
In this episode Lisa, Gina, and Marybeth discuss their personal critique and opinions about the movie "Cabrini" just out by Angel Studios. The movie is a biographical drama about the Italian nun Francesca Cabrini who was sent by the Vatican to New York City in the late 1800's to aid the Italian immigrants who were living there. Madre Cabrini was the first American saint and is known for her many miracles as well the orphanages and hospitals she founded.
Dr. Gina Miele is a professor of Italian literature, culture, and folklore at Montclair State University. She is a second generation Italian American and a fluent Italian language speaker.
Marybeth Bonfiglio is a writer, ancestralist, and works with people of all lineages to help them reconnect and remember who they may have been before the plague of whiteness, colonization, and assimilation. She holds ancestral pilgrimages on the beloved island of Sicily for those longing to go deeper with land, culture and people through her organization, Radici Siciliane.
To Watch the first 19 minutes of Cabrini:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__zaqjj2UFw
Links:
To learn more about Dr. Miele go to:
Instagram: @profgmm
Academia.edu
To learn more about Marybeth Bonfiglio go to:
Other show notes:
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