Italian Potluck & Film: A Little Fellow: The Legacy of A.P. Giannini

Join us at 5:30 pm for an Italian Potluck before the movie. Please bring an Italian dish to share.  Dante will provide plates, napkins, utensils, and water.  (no alcohol is permitted on campus)

The film will start at 6:30 pm / no food will be allowed in the Forum

In collaboration with the Sons & Daughters of Italy, Watsonville chapter, we will be showing the final film in our Winter 2026 Series Buried Treasures/Tesori sepolti:

A Little Fellow: The Legacy of A.P. Giannini, Directed by Davide Fiore. 2025. 81 minutes

Trailer:

With director Davide Fiore in attendance

 This award-winning documentary, currently touring the international film festival circuit, tells the remarkable story of A.P. Giannini, a first-generation Italian-American who revolutionized banking and reshaped California's industries in the early 20th century. Giannini was a devoted family man, beloved by the people he served, yet feared by Wall Street for challenging the status quo.

 Committed to serving “the little fellow,” Giannini granted loans on a handshake, fostering trust and opportunity for hardworking Americans. His revolutionary approach made banking accessible to all, transforming the Bank of Italy into what would become one of the largest financial institutions in the world: Bank of America.

 "Splendido documentario: una bellissima storia raccontata in maniera accattivante e ricercata."["A wonderful documentary: a beautiful story told in a captivating and refined way."]– Alberta Lai, Director of The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco

 "I have no words to say how magnificent is A Little Fellow. It’s beyond description."– Duncan Knowles, Former Senior VP, Bank of America

 Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Dances with Films and Cinequest film festivals.

 The screening will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A.

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All films in the series are Italian with English subtitles.

Logan Walker, film lecturer from UCSC & Director of Programming, Santa Cruz Film Festival

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