God father

Video document : The Godfather part II

who A young boy (aged 9/10)

Immigrants from… men women, old people, women with children

Men in uniforms : officers

Doctors and nurses

where In America : statue of Liberty in the background

In NY harbour near the statue

On an island : Ellis Island

When End of video: 1901

At the turn of the 20th century

What

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2’26”

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3’42”

1.BOAT ARRIVING IN NY HARBOUR

Name of the boat: Moshulu (origin?)

Sailing boats

Crowds of people gathered on the deck to see the statue

Symbol : their dream of freedom is about to come true

They look : worried, tired, …

2. IN A LARGE AND NOISY HALL

people are queuing to have their eyes checked

(glaucoma: contagious disease-risks of blindness)

they have a tag with a number and name

sounds: Babies are crying - People are playing traditional instruments

foreign languages can be heard: German, French,…/ s

questions: where are you from?

what is your name?

The little boy doesn’t understand and can’t speak English

Vito Andollini from Corleone = Vito Corleone

He is renamed. He is given a new identity/americanized?: a new start in life

3. MEDICAL INSPECTION

old men with naked chests waiting

boy looks skinny (hasn’t been fed properly for weeks / was starving back in his country? Came alone? abandoned by his family?)

he is checked by the doctor (“tell him he has small pox- quarantine 3 months”)

the nurse translates in Sicilian

 He can’t enter America /

4. DOWN THE HALL

he was about to leave / he was going the wrong direction?/he was trying to sneak out?

He

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