Date: Tues 26 May

Time: 7.30pm for 8pm

Venue: The Factory Theatre,
Marrickville Road, Marrickville

Cost: $15 + Booking Fee
(Refreshments & canapes included)

Contact: 02 9550 3666 www.factorytheatre.com.au

Dall’Italia all’Australia (From Italy to Australia) is the cinematographic record of the voyage of the SS Regina d’Italia (Queen of Italy).

In September 1924, this vessel brought 504 migrants from southern Europe to the South Seas. The passengers included some 130 Hellenes, mostly from Kythera, Castellorizo and Cyprus.

It was first screened in Milan in 1925, only to disappear into a vault for the next eight decades. Live folkloric music will be performed by I Viaggiatori (The Voyagers) Aria Award winning musicians Kavisha Mazzella,Irine Vela,Dave De Santi with Mark Holder Keeping and introduced by historian/journalist Tony De Bolfo. 

Dr Panayiotis Diamadis will present the historic context of the migrant voyage recorded in the film. This screening will be the first time Dall’Italia all’Australia will be shown to an Australian Hellenic audience