Photo Credit Paul Gingras
In 2016 I worked with Paul Gingras, Turning Tide Productions, TDO Video Productions, and Future Focus Media Co-op to record the story of the Ralph Curcio Company, it’s last President Leonard Curcio, and third generation seat weaver Karen Curcio. Paul and Turning Tide continue to work on creating a feature length documentary from this footage. Over the past couple years I’ve been editing the footage into short 15 minute videos for Fitchburg Access Television. You can view three of those episodes on line at FATV. I hope to continue to create content for Pull Up A Chair Presents: Stories of Work and Life in North Central Massachusetts, with stories beyond the scope of the Ralph Curcio Company documentary.
- Ralph Curcio Company Part 1
Ralph Curcio moved to Gardner in 1920 to lead the rush seating department at Nichols & Stone. His son Lenny Curcio and grand daughter Karen Curcio tell the story of the Ralph Curcio Company which Ralph Curcio founded in 1938. This segment ran on Fitchburg Access TV in August of 2018. - Karen Curcio: 3rd Generation Seat Weaver
After three days of shooting video in 2017, I began editing short 15 minute segments for Fitchburg Access TV. The first segment profiled Karen Curcio, Lenny Curcio’s daughter and a 3rd generation seat weaver. The video first ran on FATV in the summer of 2018 and has re-aired several times.