Melodico is a short documentary chronicling the story of Tony Maiorino, a modern day Italian immigrant living in the Bronx's Little Italy.

Tony Maiorino is a barber and an aspiring singer who lives and works out of the Bronx's Little Italy neighborhood. Though the narrative of the documentary is ostensibly about Maiorino's quest for some recognition as a singer, it looks as though the film is just as much a profile of the historically Italian-American area around Arthur Avenue as it is a profile of the barber who would be a singer.

The film follows Tony after the announcement that he'll be singing at the locally famous Feast of Saint Anthony, the largest Italian event in New York City.

Tony's journey to the stage portrays not only his life, but that of an entire community in its search for solidarity within its traditions and its nostalgia for a landscape left behind.

Melodico has been selected for the New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2013. The screening is scheduled on February 10 at 7PM in Rutger University's Voorhees Hall.

This event is the film's national premier and will be introduced by director Valerio Ciraci, who will also be present for a Q&A after the screening.

Should be a pretty neat little film. Watch the trailer below and let us know what you think!