On Jan. 20, the North End Historical Society presented its long-awaited documentary "Boston's North End: An Italian American Story" at Suffolk University's Modern Theatre. It was mostly filmed and directed by Maureen McNamara of Kendall Productions in Cambridge, with post-production editing done John Balcom of John Balcom Productions in Los Angeles.

"As the title indicates, it is not so much a documentary history as it is the story of the things that made the North End special," said James Pasto, co-founder of the North End Historical Society. "Those things include Sunday dinners, nicknames, street corners, doo wop, world boxing champion Tony DeMarco and longtime youth baseball coach Dom Campochiaro."

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Fonte: Bostoniano