In September 2016, I was having lunch with two colleagues from RAI, the Italian national broadcasting company, at Match 65, a French restaurant two blocks from the TV studio. On that day there was a new hostess—a pretty blonde girl with North American features. My colleagues and I, convinced our Italian conversation would not be understood, exchanged comments about her. To our surprise, she approached us with a playful smirk and with a strong Tuscan accent said, “Buongiorno!” Looks can be deceiving! Despite my initial embarrassment, Camilla and I quickly became good friends. One day, I invited her to a screening of a documentary of mine at Cinema Village near Union Square. After the screening, she asked me the familiar question, “How do you find the stories for your documentaries?” I replied, “We all have good stories; I’m sure you have one.” She did. Just a few months after our initial awkward meeting, we embarked on an adventure that provided some of the most exhilarating moments of both my professional career and life. The result, My Grandfather’s Oboe premiered in June 2019 on Rai Storia, the cultural channel of the Italian national broadcaster and moved audiences in a way that I have never experienced.