Thursday, November 30, 2017, 6pm. Pizza Shop: An Italian-American Dream (2017), 57 minutes. Antony Osso, dir. - John D Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY 10036

Pizza Shop features brothers Carmine (Charlie) and Fiore (Fred) Osso, who emigrated from Belmonte Calabro (Cosenza province) Calabria, in the mid-1960s. For more than forty years, they have run the successful Rudy's Ristorante & Pizzeria, a family-friendly eatery in Closter, New Jersey. Charlie is the serious and detail-oriented manager, while Fred is the jovial and passionate chef. Now in their seventies, they are facing relocation and the construction of a new restaurant. Director Antony Osso--Charlie's son--explores in this film the many ways a local business, established and nurtured by post-World War II immigrants, can serve as a hub for a community.

Post-screening discussion with the director led by Rocco Marinaccio, Manhattan College.