Based on a true story, Vendetta tells the shocking and tragic story of a group of Sicilian immigrants working on the New Orleans docks in the 1890's. After the Chief of Police was brutally murdered, much of the city's Sicilian population was rounded up and brought in for questioning. Eventually, thirteen were formally tried for murder and nine went to trial, and while they were acquitted, a series of brutal lynchings showed they had as much to fear from the city's general populace as they did from the corrupt police force.

Antonio Marchesi

William Parkerson

Chief Hennessy

James Houston

Sheriff Bill Villere

Thomas Semmes

Joseph Macheca

Vincent Provenzano

D.A. Luzenberg

Giovanni Provenzano

Judge Baker

Dominic O'Malley

Mayor Joe Shakspeare

Red Lantern Lady
September 12, 1999

Antonio Marchesi

William Parkerson

Chief Hennessy

James Houston

Sheriff Bill Villere

Thomas Semmes

Joseph Macheca

Vincent Provenzano

D.A. Luzenberg

Giovanni Provenzano

Judge Baker

Dominic O'Malley

Mayor Joe Shakspeare

Red Lantern Lady

