The Black Hand

Through the frame of his own family and experience, Anthony LaPaglia investigates the rise of Vincenzo D'Agostino, leader of an Italian criminal gang, the Black Hand in Australia's deep north.

Anthony LaPaglia explores some of the Black Hand's cruelest crimes as D'Agostino and the gang he leads assert dominance over the Italians of North Queensland. Global events conspire to make life even more difficult for the migrant population.

Anthony LaPaglia charts the fall of D'Agostino and the Black Hand against a backdrop of global upheaval and the start of the second world war.