Il Signor Jackson

Presented by the American Italian Cultural Roundtable
Bill Ronayne, President

Screening
Il Signor Jackson
(2018, Documentary, 40 min.)

Written and directed by
Anton Evangelista

Followed by a Q&A with the director

Please note:
This event is only open to members of Casa Italiana and the
American Italian Cultural Roundtable.

In ENGLISH

IL SIGNOR JACKSON documents how former AICR president Edward Jackson grew up as a Black youth in an Italian neighborhood and considered himself Italian. It focuses on the challenges he encountered in seeking a career as an Italian language teacher. Born in Harlem, Prof. Edward Jackson, raised in an Italian-American neighborhood of 1950’s Bronx, became an educator in the NY City Public School System and a cultural figure of Italian biculturalism and bilingualism.