JOHNNY LOMBARDI: The Great Communicator A labour of love for the entire production crew – especially Grace Fusillo-Lombardi of Fuel Productions, Writer/Director/Producer of Johnny Lombardi: The Great Communicator and Lenny Lombardi, Executive Producer -- their heartfelt portrait details Johnny Lombardi’s rise from poverty, the son of poor immigrants from Italy, to successful businessman, entrepreneur and key contributor to the development of multicultural broadcasting in Canada.  “My father’s dream of broadcasting was to be far reaching, touching the lives of millions of people across Canada,” says Lenny Lombardi. “His CHIN Radio station was first to provide new immigrants with a voice; he played a major role in helping shape and define a vision of Canada that openly embraced different cultures and different languages.”  But while Johnny Lombardi and multicultural broadcasting in Canada are now closely linked, when CHIN was first established, multiculturalism was in its early stages of evolution. “At one time broadcasting in non-official languages was actually illegal; our society was not always as multicultural as it has now become,” echoes Grace Fusillo-Lombardi, wife of Lenny Lombardi and daughter-in-law of the late, great communicator. “Johnny Lombardi had to overcome many struggles to realize his dreams, and we are grateful to Rogers OMNI Television for their support in helping us to inspire others with his story.” The documentary features over 35 industry leaders, politicians, friends and family members sharing their fond memories of Johnny Lombardi: The Great Communicator, among them: The Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien; former Prime Minister of Canada; Charles Dalfen, former Chair, CRTC; Ted Rogers, President and CEO, Rogers Communications Inc.                         Languages: English, Italian