Marylou & Jerome Bongiorno, Emmy-nominated, award winning, husband-and-wife, Newark-based filmmakers, are out with their latest project American Women Saints.
![Newark filmmakers and husband and wife team Jerome and Marylou Bongiorno](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/44eb711/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3088x2320+0+0/resize/880x661!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa9%2Ff6%2Fece829a447ddb3f1349cc56db40b%2Fmarylou-and-jerome-bongiorno-2.jpeg)
Bongiorno Productions
The two-part, comprehensive, animated and historical documentary series focuses on two iconic women who were the first American Catholic saints: Elizabeth Ann Seton and Frances Xavier Cabrini.
![American Women Saints debuts on PBS on March 23](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8027ca4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8b%2F3f%2F33e6f10442fb8ebae7a90591022c%2Famerican-women-saints-2.png)
PBS/Bongiorno Productions
Using first person narration in modern language, these films present the untold stories of strong, smart, and driven women.
![Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d5d400c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5120x2880+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F79%2F17%2Ff75a11af41bbb62060a6fd4a3db9%2Fsaint-frances-xanier-cabirini.jpeg)
PBS/Bongiorno Productions
The filmmakers chat with WBGO's Doug Doyle about American Women Saints doc that debuts on March 23 on PBS stations nationwide (check your local listings).
![Newark filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno join WBGO's Doug Doyle to talk about their new doc series American Women Saints](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5878c15/2147483647/strip/true/crop/640x196+0+0/resize/880x270!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2Fb9%2F961c90ef450ba45ec54abf2e9ab0%2Fbongiorno-productions-with-doug.jpeg)
Doug Doyle/Zoom
You can SEE the entire conversation with Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno here.