Parade (With Fireworks)

    (Image, 2007)
™ and © 2007 Mike Cavallaro

Mike Cavallaro retells a story from his family in Calabria, Italy, from the 1920s and 30s. Three brothers leave their farm to serve in World War I, and return to a country divided by politics and idealism. As the socialists and the fascists argue over which government would be better for the nation and the working class, their fights escalate from friendly debates to fist fights. Paolo Cavallaro is walking with one of his brothers, a police officer, as he escorts a group of musicians home from a parade one holiday. When the band plays socialist party songs, and refuses to play the fascists’ party tunes, a fight breaks out and guns are drawn. Mike Cavallaro presents a story of family and beliefs, and some of the reasons an otherwise peaceful man might be driven to violence.

— Jennifer McGinnis
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September, 2007
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