In Bràs, one of the poorest districts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Nursery of San Vito provides day care and medical care for approximately 120…

These two films present Italian-American artists and focus in particular on their relationships with their creative works. Painting Rules provides an engaging look at the…

Columbus Day Legacy explores the conflict between the two communities that have the closest connection to the eponymous federal holiday: Italian Americans and Native Americans.…

My Reincarnation chronicles the story of the Tibetan Buddhist Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and his Italian-born son, Yeshi. Weaving together archival material, still photographs, and…

An observational documentary, comparse deals with cinema, migration, fiction, and reality. It focuses on African immigrants living in Sicily who are brought to the island…

In Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy, actor John Turturro takes audiences on a haunting, intimate journey to his maternal homeland of Sicily. While exploring the island’s…

The experience of Italian immigrants in California has been markedly different from that of their compatriots elsewhere in the United States. Initially part of the…

Texan Italian Stories is a short documentary series that explores the diverse history and culture of Italian-American Texans. Produced by Romina Olson and directed by…

Click here to see a trailer for the film. Starting in the mid-twentieth century, with the advent of ready-to-wear clothing and the industrialization of the…

Way Down in the Hole tells the harrowing story of Colorado’s Ludlow Massacre. In April 1914 a group of coal miners and their families were…

For centuries the Feast of the Gigli has been celebrated in Nola, near Naples, every June in honor of Saint Paulinus. The feast features the…