Through the frame of his own family, Anthony LaPaglia explores the violent reign of the Black Hand, an Italian criminal gang in Australia's deep north and the tumultuous history of Australia and Italy between the wars.

Anthony LaPaglia explores some of the Black Hand's most cruel crimes as D'Agostino and the gang he leads assert dominance over the Italians of North Queensland.

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.