Inventor Antonio Meucci and General Giuseppe Garibaldi reunite as ghosts at the home they shared in 1850s, Staten Island, NY. The two hash out their legacies of the invention of the telephone and Italian Unification and debate the bigger question of: why do we fight?
Starring Tim Nicolai as Garibaldi and Tony Manna as Meucci
Fictional Film: 22 minutes
“Smart film! The conversations between Meucci and Garibaldi are, to be sure, the ‘voices' that everyone should ‘hear'. The Bongiornos have succeeded yet again, and we’re all the more fortunate for it!"
Dr. Anthony Julian Tamburri
Dean, The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute