"It's a vendetta," she cried. "Somebody has sworn to kill us all. Oh, God, who is going to be next!"
Nunziata Reggione, NY Daily News, August 27, 1940
La Storia
A 2022 NIAF Film Grant Applicant
Inspiration
The hopes for an American Dream.
Moon Over Mulberry Street presents the essential early 20th century Italian immigrant experience, which to the hopeful migrant, offered a promise of the American dream, but often returned only hardship and struggle.
Synopsis
Hardships, familial allegence and a spiral of violence.
This compelling story follows the seven Reggione brothers, who face the challenges of poverty, revenge and prejudice in early 1900's New York. The 1893 immigrant arrival is followed by decades of violence and reprisals.
La Famiglia
Interconnected but individually compelling lives..
Covering nearly 50 years of the Reggione brothers, this compelling drama explores a nearly forgotten side of New York history. Documented historical events provide real life drama for an engaging cinematic experience.
about us
Meet the collaborators
Christopher Crema
Writer, Producer and Cinematographer
Christopher, an actor, aspiring writer & film producer earned his Masters Degree as a graduate of the prestigous American Film Institute, in Los Angeles. His curiosity and willingness to explore new project ideas inevitably leads to exciting and innovative outcomes.
Bill Catucci
Writer and Geneological Archivist
Bronx native and third generation Italian-American, Bill, writer, archivist and keen researcher, has compiled historic details through tales recounted within the family, as well as, those sourced through extensive research of historical records.
"Every American who ever lived, with the exception of one group, was either an immigrant himself or a descendant of immigrants."
A Nation of Immigrants, John F. Kennedy