by Mary Kenny

Italian American films are renowned for iconic quotes and images, from Don Corleone's "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse" in "The Godfather" to Rocky Balboa's epic dash up the 77 stone steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in "Rocky."

These and other classic films and the far-reaching impact Italian Americans have had on cinema and culture are all examined in an original documentary exhibit written and co-curated by San Francisco State University Professor of Cinema Joseph McBride. "Italian American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas" opened Sept. 18 at the Museo Italo Americano in San Francisco and will run through March 6, 2016.

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Source: http://news.sfsu.edu/