On Tuesday, February 10th, the Italian Cultural Institute in L.A. commemorated the 750th anniversary of Dante Alighieri's birth. However, this is just the first "course" of a varied and rich menu, offered by the IIC, celebrating the Italian language from next October on.
The special screenings were introduced by Prof. Massimo Ciavolella, who taught for many years at Carleton University (in Ottawa) and at the University of Toronto, and is currently Director of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Fonte: L'italo-Americano