''Sacco and Vanzetti'' is a 2006 documentary film directed by Peter Miller.
[ Produced by Peter Miller and Editor Amy Linton, the film presents interviews with researchers and historians of the lives of ]Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco (; April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (; June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrant anarchists who were controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a ...
, and their trial. It also presents forensic evidence that refutes that used by the prosecution during the trial. Prison letters written by the defendants are read by voice actors with Tony Shalhoub as Sacco and John Turturro as Vanzetti.[ Interviewees include Howard Zinn, ]Studs Terkel
Louis "Studs" Terkel (May 16, 1912 – October 31, 2008) was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for '' The Good War'' and is best remembered for his oral his ...
and Arlo Guthrie.
''Sacco and Vanzetti'' won the 2007 John E. O'Connor Film Award, the annual prize for the best historical film awarded by the American Historical Association. It was released nationally in theaters in March 2007 and later on DVD.
See also
* '' Sacco e Vanzetti'', a 1971 Italian film portrayal of the affair
* ''The Diary of Sacco and Vanzetti
''The Diary of Sacco and Vanzetti'' is a 2004 American docudrama, written and directed by David Rothauser, about the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and an account of Vanzetti's life from the moment of his arrival as an immigrant in the United States, ...
'', a 2004 docudrama
Footnotes
External links
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Sacco and Vanzetti
' at ''Willow Pond Films'' official website.
"Sacco and Vanzetti"
an interview with the director on "The Barry Z Show", '' YouTube'', April 27, 2007.
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2006 films
Documentary films about anarchism
Films about miscarriage of justice
Films about activists
Works about Sacco and Vanzetti
2000s English-language films
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