As I was explaining in a previous post, I had the fortunate chance to be involved in the creation of a documentary about emigration, thanks to the documentary maker Joseph Péaquin.
(If you missed it, read my previous post: A documentary about emigration from Valle d’Aosta to South Africa)
This video narrates 3 stories of emigrants from the Italian mountain region Valle d’Aosta to South Africa.
I appear in the initial part, introducing the first story, that of my customer Ariane and her ancestor Pierre Fromage.
The premiere was held on March 14th in Aosta, at a cinema hall with about 250 people, which was quite embarassing for me, as I am a shy person.
Anyway, forget about me and enjoy the three stories narrated in this excellent documentary!
The documentary is subtitled in English and there are English-spoken parts, too.
The first story is that of Ariane’s great grandfather, who left Italy at the beginning of the 20th century and emigrated to South Africa: a very uncommon destination for Italian emigration!
Valle d’Aosta is a small, mountain region situated in North-West Italy, at the border with France and Switzerland, and the main language spoken in the region is French.
Today, it is a destination for mountain sports lovers, as Italy’s top peaks are in this area, but along with new business, the production of traditional products is still one of the main activities: the cheese, lard and wine from Valle d’Aosta are Italian excellences!
As you will see in the video, one of the emigrants from Valle d’Aosta exported the cultivation of wine grapes to South Africa.
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