February 27 (Tuesday) 7:00 pm. Bread, Roses, and Fire: Italian American Women at Home and Abroad. Film Screening: Brooklyn Roses by Christine Noschese. Hofstra University - 1000 Fulton Ave Room 211 Breslin Hall, South Campus, Hempstead, NY. Contact: 516-463-5669 https://www.hofstra.edu/community/culctr/culctr_events_italianamerican.html

Speaker: Dr. Christine Noschese, Associate Professor, Department of Radio, Television, Film, Hofstra University, is an Emmy Award-nominated writer, director, and producer of documentary and fictional films that reflect her working-class background and feminist perspective. Her newest film, Brooklyn Roses, is a film memoir that was nominated for three Academy Awards and won the BAFTA Award for the Best British Film.