[TI] TV show?

[Bobbye Gayle]

Can't see session three of the Faces series but the first two are great.
Bobbye Gayle Amato


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rosalie Amison" <mygirl at ctc.net>
To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [TI] TV show?


> There also was a series, Faces of America, with Henry Louis Gates.  Very,
> very interesting, was on the public station, keep your eyes open for it.
> Featured Stephen Colbert, Elizabeth Alexander, Mario Batali, Louise 
> Erdrich,
> Malcolm Gladwell, Eva Longoria, Yo-Yo Ma, Mike Nichols, Queen Noor, Dr
> Mehmet Oz, Meryl Streep and Krishti Yamaguchi.
> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/
> Can see it on the url.  Each were very interesting.
> Rosalie Amison
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org
> [mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Michael
> Maddi
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 6:35 PM
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Subject: Re: [TI] TV show?
>
> I'm not at home on Friday night when the show is on, but I've been 
> watching
> it online when I have time on Sunday. The show takes a celebrity and
> researches their family tree to find interesting ancestors they have. So
> far, they've featured Sara Jessica Parker, Emmitt Smith (football player),
> Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Broderick. The final three shows will feature 
> Brooke
> Shields, Spike Lee and Susan Sarandon.
>
> This is a great series, which I think will get many people interested in
> researching their ancestors. Among the stories uncovered so far are that 
> an
> ancestor of Sara Jessica Parker was accused in the Salem witch trials but
> was fortunately acquitted. Also, Lisa Kudrow found out that her paternal
> grandmother's mother was among the Jews murdered by the Nazis in a small
> Polish town; in the course of the story she met a cousin of her father who
> was not massacred. The stories were very inspiring and you could see that
> these celebrities were profoundly affected by what they never knew before
> and found out.
>
> By the way, Susan Sarandon's mother was named Criscione and I believe had
> Sicilian ancestors. The promo film for her story (in about 3 weeks) shows
> her walking in a town with Italian-looking architecture. So this is 
> perhaps
> why someone brought up Termini in the discussion of the show. It would be
> very cool if it turns out that Susan Sarandon has TI ancestors. I found 
> out
> by looking in Wikipedia that she lived in the same NJ town where I lived 
> in
> the 1960s, although she's 7 years older than me.
>
> If you don't catch the show on the air on Friday nights, you can watch it
> online (past and future episodes) at
> http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/ - scroll down and look in the
> lower right for where to click to watch the shows that have aired so far.
>
> Mike Maddi
>
> --- On Tue, 3/30/10, Barbara Jenkins <hjenkins at SW.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Barbara Jenkins <hjenkins at SW.rr.com>
>> Subject: [TI] TV show?
>> To: TerminiImerese at comunesofitaly.org
>> Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 11:05 AM
>> It appears from the following website
>> that the TV show "Who Do You Think You Are?" may have an
>> interest in the Termini area.
>> Barbara Jenkins
>>
>> H-Net Discussion Networks - Query-Fishing, Migration and
>> Crime in ...
>> Hello everyone, I'm conducting some research into the
>> Termini-Imerese fishing industry in the 19th century, and
>> wondered if anyone out there can help. ...
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