Detroit Institute of Arts’ Detroit Film Theatre to screen world premiere of “Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved?” Discussion with survivor Pierette Simpson and director Luca Guardabascio to follow Lifeboat #1 from the Andrea Doria will be on display
Updated Sep 30, 2016
September 30, 2016 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) Detroit Film Theatre (DFT) presents a special program featuring the world premiere of the documentary “Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved?” on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m.
To open the program, Nick Canzano of Livonia will perform his original composition for the film with notable guitarist Peter Tolias. Following the movie will be a discussion with director Luca Guardabascio and then-nine-year-old survivor Pierette Simpson, who now lives in metro Detroit and is the film’s producer. Fully restored Lifeboat #1 of the Andrea Doria will be displayed at the entrance of the DFT from 5 to 9 p.m. and its owner, Offshore Manager on the DSV Ocean Intervention, Mark Koch, will be on hand to answer questions. Tickets for this special event are $20.
On July 25, 1956, the Italian passenger liner Andrea Doria was broadsided by the ship Stockholm near Nantucket Island. Simpson, a nine-year-old Italian girl emigrating to America with her grandparents, was among the 1660 survivors of the most catastrophic sea collision in peacetime history. For the 60th anniversary, Simpson returned to her native village of Pranzalito to document on film the hidden truth surrounding the tragedy. Interviews with survivors and naval experts throughout Italy and the U.S. are accompanied by re-enactments of Pierette’s departure from her village and her arrival in the New World.
In addition to Simpson and Guardabascio, attending the premiere will be Maria Luisa Lapresa, consul of Italy, State Representative Anthony Forlini and set photographer Richard Haskin.
September 30, 2016 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) Detroit Film Theatre (DFT) presents a special program featuring the world premiere of the documentary “Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved?” on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m.
To open the program, Nick Canzano of Livonia will perform his original composition for the film with notable guitarist Peter Tolias. Following the movie will be a discussion with director Luca Guardabascio and then-nine-year-old survivor Pierette Simpson, who now lives in metro Detroit and is the film’s producer. Fully restored Lifeboat #1 of the Andrea Doria will be displayed at the entrance of the DFT from 5 to 9 p.m. and its owner, Offshore Manager on the DSV Ocean Intervention, Mark Koch, will be on hand to answer questions. Tickets for this special event are $20.
On July 25, 1956, the Italian passenger liner Andrea Doria was broadsided by the ship Stockholm near Nantucket Island. Simpson, a nine-year-old Italian girl emigrating to America with her grandparents, was among the 1660 survivors of the most catastrophic sea collision in peacetime history. For the 60th anniversary, Simpson returned to her native village of Pranzalito to document on film the hidden truth surrounding the tragedy. Interviews with survivors and naval experts throughout Italy and the U.S. are accompanied by re-enactments of Pierette’s departure from her village and her arrival in the New World.
In addition to Simpson and Guardabascio, attending the premiere will be Maria Luisa Lapresa, consul of Italy, State Representative Anthony Forlini and set photographer Richard Haskin.