• Fighting Paisanos (2013), 52 min.
    Marco Curti, dir.

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    During World War II, while some Italian Americans were deemed “enemy aliens,” more than 500,000 Italian Americans served in the U.S. military. The documentary Fighting…

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  • Frank Serpico (2017), 95 minutes Antonino D’Ambrosio, dir.

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    In 1971 patrolman Frank Serpico became the world’s most famous whistleblower, exposing rampant corruption in the New York City Police Department. Peter Maas’s best-selling book…

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  • Borsalino City (2016), 78 minutes, Enrica Viola, dir.

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    In Italian with English subtitles. Borsalino City tells the story of the iconic hat and its relationship to Hollywood movies. The legend originated in Alessandria…

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  • Shalom Italia (2016), 70 minutes, Tamar Tal Anati, dir.

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    In Hebrew and Italian with English subtitles. On the run from the Nazis, three Italian Jewish brothers spent months as children hiding in a cave…

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  • Il Signor Jackson (2018), 40 minutes

    Anton Evangelista, dir. Award-winning filmmaker Anton Evangelista travels from the Bronx to Italy and back in presenting Il Signor Jackson, a story of African American…

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  • Documented Italians: Dear Sirs (2021)

    Dear Sirs (2021), 93 minutes Mark Pedri, dir. Filmmaker Mark Pedri had never heard his grandfather Silvio’s story, despite spending nearly every day with him…

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  • Documented Italians: Calliari, QC (2022)

    Calliari, QC (2022), 48 minutes Anita Aloisio, dir. After a successful thirty-year career in heavy metal and Italian-language world music, Montreal singer/songwriter Marco Calliari tackles…

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