New York Army National Guard Spc. Nakiya Hall is a fuel handler in the 369th Division Sustainment Brigade, and a graduate of New York University.
And now she’s a documentary film producer.
Hall, a Manhattan resident who is also on state active duty on the Department of Corrections and Community Services mission, showed her first 20-minute-long film at Utica’s Stanley Theater on April 13, 2026.
Her subject was Utica resident and 99-year-old World War II Navy veteran Robert Dellecese, who died in October of 2025.
Her film was shown on the 100th anniversary of his birth to an audience of 50. It’s now available on Youtube.
Dellecese joined the Navy in 1944, went on to fight in the Battle of Okinawa, and after returning home in 1946...
05.04.2026 | UTICA, NEW YORK, US |
Story by Eric Durr
