Prisoners in Paradise (2003), 58 min. Camilla Calamandrei, dir.
During World War II more than 51,000 Italian soldiers were brought to the United States as prisoners of war. Camilla Calamandrei’s documentary Prisoners in Paradise…
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Saints and Sinners (2003), 80 min. Abigail Honor, dir.
Graduate School of Journalism 230 W. 41st Street, Room 308 New York NY 10036After living together for seven years in New York City, Edward DeBonis and Vincent Maniscalco decide to get married. But unlike many other gay couples…
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Nine Good Teeth (2003), 80 min. Alex Halpern, dir.
Graduate School of Journalism 230 W. 41st Street, Room 308 New York NY 10036Nine Good Teeth unfolds through the stories of 103-year-old Brooklyn-born, Sicilian-American Mary Mirabito. In an intimate and often hilarious portrait, the fiercely independent and outspoken…
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Watch the Pallino (2007), 42 min. Stephanie Foerster, dir.
Graduate School of Journalism 230 W. 41st Street, Room 308 New York NY 10036At the turn of the twentieth century, Italian immigrants found jobs in the coalmines in the rural town of Toluca, Illinois. On Sundays afternoons, the…
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Louis Prima: The Wildest! (2000), 82 min.
Graduate School of Journalism 230 W. 41st Street, Room 308 New York NY 10036Jazz trumpeter and consummate showman Louis Prima came to epitomize the night club and lounge scene of the 1950s and 1960s while reaching American homes…
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My Brother, My Sister, Sold for a Fistful of Lire, (1998), 90 min. Basile Sallustio, dir.
Graduate School of Journalism 230 W. 41st Street, Room 308 New York NY 10036In 1952, Pia Dilisa was ten-years-old when she last saw her younger brother Dominic and sister Antoinetta perched atop a donkey leaving their mountain village…
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Buddy: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Notorious Mayor (2007), 86 min. Cherry Arnold, dir.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036As the longest-serving mayor in recent history, Vincent “Buddy” Cianci of Providence, Rhode Island remains one of the country’s most controversial political figures. Cianci’s unflagging…
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Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans and the Movies (2007), 58 min. Steven Fischler, dir.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Filled with clips from classic films and an all-star list of interviewees, Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans and the Movies takes a comprehensive look at the…
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Poetry in Action: A Portrait of Vincent Ferrini (2000), 58 min. Henry Ferrini, dir.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Poem in Action captures the world of poet Vincent Ferrini and his commitment to the unity of art and life in what he called “the…
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Se la pietra sapesse parlare/If Stone Could Speak (2007), 67 min. Randy Croce, dir.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Thousands of stonecutters emigrated from northern Italy to Barre, Vermont, the “Granite Capital of the World.” These scalpellini carved impressive sculptures that still grace public…
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Magic Man (2007), 80 min. Tammy Leach, dir.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Magic Man traces Paul Malignaggi’s life from his experiences of paternal cruelty and abandonment to his peripatetic childhood in Brooklyn and Sicily. His successful career…
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Texas Tavola: A Taste of Sicily in the Lone Star State (2007), 34 min. Circe Sturm and Randolph Lewis, dirs.
Sanctuary of Love: The Mission of Salvatore Verdirome (1997), 30 min. Eric Gearity, dir.John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036These two films consider contemporary Sicilian-American religious practices and the material culture in Texas and Connecticut, respectively. Texas Tavola looks at the Italian-American communities of…
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