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September 15 (Thursday). In Search of Saint Francis of Assisi. A documentary film by John Embrahimian and Lawrence Richards.The film celebrates the life of this remarkable figure, and reveals in a thoughtful and compelling manner an oftentimes surprising vision of the legendary Saint you thought you knew. Utilizing rich footage shot in It...

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Monday, February 22, 2016, 6pm - John D Calandra Italian American Institute (CUNY) - 25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY. Il Ballo dei Giganti di Nola (2015), 90 min., Antonio Iorio, dir.   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 "d...

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As part of their new exhibit - Italian Style: Fashion since 1945 - the Minneapolis Institute of Arts will offer a FREE screening of Men of the Cloth.This 2013 documentary is an inspiring portrait of Nino Corvato, Checchino Fonticoli and Joe Centofanti, three Italian master tailors who confront the decline of the apprentice system as they navigate t...

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La rappresentazione degli italoamericani da parte dei media contemporanei offre spesso delle immagini negative e corre il rischio di confermare sempre stereotipi già noti. Una possibile soluzione è cercare di sradicare queste idee prestando attenzione al cinema indipendente che tende a controbilanciare le immagini proposte dal cinema di grande cons...

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Di Mauro Battocchi   Check out this rare documentary of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, in which he explores his love of Italian language and the particulars of his Italian heritage. This rich snapshot of the historic poet comes thanks to the dedicated work of Mauro Aprile Zanetti, creator and director, who was granted the amazing opportunity to inte...

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Friday, October 30th, 6:30 P.M. - Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) - New York, NY 10013. The Italian American museum presents: Palio. A Documentary Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NGAIKMtvxY - Directed and Written by Cosima Spender, Produced and W...

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Screening of an 80-minute-long preview of: PBS Mini-Series. Finding the Motherload (2013) Directed by Gianfranco Norelli, Produced by Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien. Followed by a Q&A with director/producers Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien   Italians first went to California in large numbers with the Gold...

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The Picture House will show a special screening of the documentary, "Men of the Cloth" on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m., with a post-film discussion with filmmaker Vicki Vasilopoulos and master tailor Nino Corvato, who is featured in the documentary. "Men of the Cloth" is a portrait of three humble and accomplished Italian master tailors whose work ex...

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by Greg Livadas Giovanna Taviani, a celebrated Italian film director, will be an artist-in-residence at Rochester Institute of Technology, which sponsored her visit to Rochester to show her film, "Ritorni (Homecomings)," at the High Falls Film Festival.   "Other than being a director, she has created a documentary film festival in Sicily an...

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The independently produced documentary MEN OF THE CLOTH premieres in Boston on Thursday December 10th at 7 PM at the Museum of Fine Arts. The film by Vicki Vasilopoulos is an inspiring portrait of three Italian master tailors. It received production grants and seed funding from the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and had its world premi...

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