Help us complete the documentary The Barese icemen of New York

Sep 02, 2015 1100

Help us complete the documentary. Premieres: November 14th, 2015 - New York. Fundraising deadline: October 15th, 2015

"The Barese Icemen of New York" follows the story of the Apulia (Italy) emigrants who landed in the United State with nothing, and yet from the 1920's to the 1960's, these people dominated the ice business in the state of New York. A business that, until the popularization of refrigerators, was very stable and booming. How could these Apulian people (in the greater New York area generally referred to as "Barese") accomplish this feat without any financial means, without even knowing the language? And why were the "Barese", specifically, the ones that dominated this market?

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