Ben Kreimer speaks with Bennie Klain, director of Columbus Day Legacy. The award winning film takes viewers to Denver, Colorado, where Christopher Columbus and the holiday honoring him are subjects of heated debate. Denver's Italian Americans feel it is their right to honor Columbus, an Italian, and to celebrate his arrival to North America. The local American Indian Movement chapter is strongly opposed, and argue that Columbus should not be celebrated because of his acts of genocide on North America's Indigenous population. Unwavering in their viewpoints, the disagreement goes public during the Italian Americans' annual Columbus Day parade. In the film, Klain, unbiased in his filmmaking, captures the drama surrounding the 2007 parade from both sides of the conflict.

Ben Kreimer speaks with Bennie Klain, director of Columbus Day Legacy. The award winning film takes viewers to Denver, Colorado, where Christopher Columbus and the holiday honoring him are subjects of heated debate. Denver's Italian Americans feel it is their right to honor Columbus, an Italian, and to celebrate his arrival to North America. The local American Indian Movement chapter is strongly opposed, and argue that Columbus should not be celebrated because of his acts of genocide on North America's Indigenous population. Unwavering in their viewpoints, the disagreement goes public during the Italian Americans' annual Columbus Day parade. In the film, Klain, unbiased in his filmmaking, captures the drama surrounding the 2007 parade from both sides of the conflict.