Migrant discrimination can be overcome, says ‘Cabrini’ film star Christiana Dell’Anna |

The screening at the UN of the stunning new film, Cabrini, portraying the hardships faced by vulnerable migrants moving to New York City at the turn of the last century, provides a timely reminder that there’s still much that needs to be done to help vulnerable people on the move everywhere today.

That’s the message from the star of the film, Cristiana Dell’Anna who plays the real-life Italian missionary Mother Francesca Cabrini, famous for working in New York’s slums providing shelter, education and hope to street children who faced discrimination and rank racism in their new adopted home.

Here’s Ms. Dell’Anna now, speaking to UN News’s Daniel Johnson.