People who have developed the project to date

* Roy Morris, producer consultations.

* Russ Murray, production manager: budget and strip-board, & production consultations.

* Vince Ellis, cinematographer: production consultations.

* Kathy Sweeney: production management and location scouting in Rochester, NY.

* Janet Little: location consultations in the Aoelian Islands, Italy.

* Corey O'Hara translation of the script into Italian

* Dona DeSantis, NIAF, Italian Community and investor advice.

* Joyce Ruisi, Sons Of Italy: Italian-American Community liaison and consultations.

* Lisa Ward, Curt Crane Productions, producer consultations.

* Jim Gladstone, UpWord Unlimited, marketing consultations.

* Gretchen Clausing, PIFVA, Philadelphia film community-networking consultation.

* Max Lawrence, Studio 1026, graphics & avid support.

* Philip Olive, website designer

* Rochester Italian Civic League: 14 Italian-American organizations in Rochester, NY

* The work is represented legally by Glen Goldstein and Tom O'Brien, entertainment lawyers based in Philadelphia, PA. ..... and others.

* Stealing Mama was recently awarded a Pennsylvania Council On The Arts Fellowship in the Media Category (1999), and was originally commissioned by a PCA Writer's Fellowship in 1996.

* It was presented in a public reading with 10 actors by the Philadelphia Filmmakers' Lab at Mike Lemon Casting in April, 1998, who hosted the event, with the following actors:

Marianne Bucci , Lorraine Brita, Rita Porter, John DiDomenico, Tom Cerrato, Gemma Pagliei, Haydyn Saunier, Russell Meyer, Juanita Vega & Juliet Admana.

* The Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY is hosting a reading this summer in support of the project.

* The film production is endorsed by the

National Italian American Foundation (NIAF).

* It has also received individual donations from Yee Chin, which paid for feasibility and location scouting in Italy last November and Marty Jones, who provided this web-site.

* In-kind studio services are provided by Telenium Studios, Space 1026 and John Holland Architects, Ltd., Philadelphia.

* Other thanks go to:

Laura Melchoirre, Joe Frantz, Joe Nicolo, (who portrays the image and voice of Gino Bonadio,) The Rochester N.Y film office, The Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, The Jewish Community Center, The School for the Performing Arts, Dave Katiri, Paul & Kitty Feinburg, my family , & others.