In this week’s episode of The Black Hand, Anthony LaPaglia explores some of the Black Hand’s cruellest crimes as D’Agostino and the gang he leads assert dominance over the Italians of North Queensland.
The kidnap and sexual assault of 13-year-old Elizabeth Rosati by The Black Hand appals North Queensland. Though the guilty face deportation, it’s another crime that further stigmatizes the Italian community.
As tensions rise in Europe, conflict breaks out between fascist and anti-fascist elements in the Queensland Italian community. Anglo-Australia hardens its attitude to all Italians and steps up its efforts to stop D’Agostino and The Black Hand, with the Italian community itself continuing to resist the gang.
In Calabria, Anthony’s discovery that D’Agostino was born only an hour away from his father’s birthplace causes him to consider his own fate had his father never migrated from Italy.
Production credit: Production credits: A WildBear Entertainment production for the ABC. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with the ABC. Financed with support from Screen NSW and Screen Queensland. Directed by Kriv Stenders, Producers Kate Pappas & Adam Grossetti, Executive Producers Alan Erson, Michael Tear & Anthony LaPaglia. ABC Factual Manager Julie Hanna. Acting Head of Factual and Culture Richard Huddleston.
