Baking Easter Bread with Grandma — Florence Kleinjan
Florence (Alba) Kleinjan tells the story of how her grandparents met and the Sundays she spent at her great grandmother’s house where the stack of tortillas being made were a constant presence.
Florence (Alba) Kleinjan tells the story of how her grandparents met and the Sundays she spent at her great grandmother’s house where the stack of tortillas being made were a constant presence.
SOLAHA co-producer and local documentary filmmaker Jack Baric’s story of playing Little League, while growing up in San Pedro, is bookended with stories of the community members who built a rouge baseball diamond at Friendship Park and another generation who saved Eastview when the fields were lost to a new Target store.
LA Harbor Commissioner and longtime community leader, Anthony Pirozzi tells the story of doing an Elvis impersonation at the San Pedro High School talent show when he was a student there.
San Pedro community leader June Burlingame Smith tells the story of how her late husband did not understand why she talked differently about her Italian side and English side of her family until he met them. The Italian side all talked at once and spoke passionately and fought about everything — but all from a place of love and care.
Former Honorary Mayor of San Pedro, John Bagakis tells the story of growing up going to his grandparents house to watch soccer games from Italy.
San Pedro filmmaker and co-producer of SOLAHA, Jack Baric tells the story of how his parents immigrated to the LA Harbor area and his experiences at school after he arrived for kindergarten not able to speak English.