Tony Driver /
Born in Bari, Madonnella neighbourhood, aged 9, in the mid-sixties, he migrated with his family to the US and grew up like a true American. One day. Pasquale decides to change his name: he becomes Tony. Rockabilly and hot dogs included. He never returned to Italy till the day when, at that point a p...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English Italian |
| Language Notes: | In English and Italian with English subtitles. |
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Paris, France :
CAT&Docs,
2019.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Born in Bari, Madonnella neighbourhood, aged 9, in the mid-sixties, he migrated with his family to the US and grew up like a true American. One day. Pasquale decides to change his name: he becomes Tony. Rockabilly and hot dogs included. He never returned to Italy till the day when, at that point a professional taxi driver, an anti-immigration blitz at the Mexican border forced him to choose: jail in Arizona, or deportation to Italy for 10 years. His crime? Smuggling illegal migrants into the US, on board his taxi.Tony opts for deportation. Back in Italy, with his American dream laying in pieces, he's completely alone in what he defines "another planet", a small, still country with no opportunities. On the desolating backdrop of where he lives next to the motorway, Tony still wears his cowboy hat and doesn't seem willing to give up ... |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed July 23, 2020). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (70 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:09:41 |