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Sacco and Vanzetti

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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two anarchists from Italy, become an unfortunate symbol of bigotry aimed at immigrants and dissenters in 1920s America. Accused of murder, the pair are convicted after a highly prejudicial and inflammatory trial, and are executed in 1927.
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Engrossing and enraging, Sacco and Vanzetti exhumes an infamous judicial failure with a painful amount of modern relevance.

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Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune 05/17/2007
3/4
Nicola Sacco, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and the incredible firestorm of outrage generated by their criminal trials have been largely neglected in recent years, but Peter Miller's absolutely engrossing documentary Sacco and Vanzetti brings it all back. Go to Full Review
Matt Zoller Seitz New York Times 04/02/2007
3.5/5
The meat-and-potatoes style of Sacco and Vanzetti seems less a failure of imagination than a means of putting in the foreground its intriguing subject matter. Go to Full Review
V.A. Musetto New York Post 03/30/2007
3/4
Miller, a New Yorker, uses archival footage, dramatized readings and talking heads, including Sacco's niece and a neighbor of Vanzetti's, to get his point across. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 04/26/2009
B
A long-held cause celebre for leftists the world over, the story of immigrant activists Sacco & Vanzetti is told in Peter Miller's rote documentary as a reference point for the way immigrants are still mistreated in America. Go to Full Review
Ted Murphy Murphy's Movie Reviews 07/14/2007
B-
Surprisingly, this is the first nonfiction film to tackle the subject and Miller manages to find the parallels to contemporary times without being too pedantic or heavy-handed. Go to Full Review
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat 04/05/2007
But even those who might feel that the movie presents a one-sided view of the evidence would have to admit that the trial was a travesty. Go to Full Review
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07/23/2013 It's not for everyone, nothing blows up, but I learned a lot about our country's past and present and how the future could be different, if only we were different. See more 02/01/2013 Excellent documentary. See more david c @eaglefreak138 06/03/2012 This is an amazing story about two Italian American's who endured suffering based on racial prejudice as immigrants. Yes, Italians were victims of the same things that Mexican's are dealing with now...but the documentary put me to sleep. See more 04/12/2012 another one bites the dust! See more 01/13/2011 The trial of the century in 1921. It polarized America and garnered attention through out the world. Interesting mixture of historical photos, interviews, the letters and the culture that these individuals and thier trial spawned, It does not explore thier guilt or innocence, but the prejudice of the day, and asks does it translate to today. See more 09/26/2010 An interesting documentary about one of several 'Trial of the Century' events of the 20th Century. Were they innocent? Who knows? But what is clear is that they were not given a fair trial in any way shape or form. Far more of a politically motivated show trial designed to send a message to people with unpopular political leanings (not to mention ethnic background) than any kind of search for justice, it is a grim reminder of what happens when facts take a back seat to nationalism and when justice is trampled by mob ruled hatred. A lesson that still echoes today. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two anarchists from Italy, become an unfortunate symbol of bigotry aimed at immigrants and dissenters in 1920s America. Accused of murder, the pair are convicted after a highly prejudicial and inflammatory trial, and are executed in 1927.
Director
Peter Miller
Producer
Amy Carey, Peter Miller
Production Co
Willow Pond Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Jan 21, 2007
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$31.9K
Runtime
1h 21m