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If history is not told or forgotten, its power to educate is lost. So when Joseph R. Perella '64 '06H heard about the unknown story of Italians risking their lives to rescue Jews and other refugees during World War II, he knew it had to be shared on a grand scale. On Thursday, Oct. 22, the documentary My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes was sh...

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by Matt A.V. Chaban   The film shows a man in a leather biker jacket and a woman in an oversize black parka leaning against the gunwale of a boat, staring up at the huge icebergs floating by, dressed more for the cobblestones of SoHo than for the shoals of Greenland. The camera captures their amazement at the drifts of glacial beauty. Just t...

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by Mark Di Ionno   First, filmmaker John Maggio had to dispose of the M-word, because it's the first thing that came up when he was trying to raise money to produce "The Italian-Americans," a two-part, four-hour documentary PBS will unveil this month.   "It took longer to raise the money than to actually make the film," Maggio said be...

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Film screening: Il segreto (The Secret) at the Museo Italoamericano. This award-winning documentary by Cyop & Kaf, promoted by Neapolitan music producer and cultural operator Salvatore Visone, is a fascinating look at the streets of Naples and the bands of children that live on them. Once a year on St. Anthony's day, they build a bonfire, ofte...

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By Beatrice Bondi La fine arte della gioielleria italiana si racconta nel documentario Master of Dreams. The Italian Jewellers, proiettato alla New York University venerdì 4 ottobre. Un film che svela cosa succede dietro le scene dei più noti brand del lusso di casa nostra. La gioielleria italiana è il risultato di generazioni di artisti e artigi...

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L'Italia vista dalla Grande Mela con gli occhi degli americani amanti dell''Italia, dei milioni di americani di origine italiana che non parlano più la nostra lingua e dei cosiddetti "italiani all'estero".   Ecco, l'Italia vista da New York è quella raccontata da I-Italy.org, premiata lo scorso 29 novembre a Bologna ai Teletopi 2013 come "mi...

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You are cordially invited to attend a screening of the documentary film about the life and work of Italian American poet and author Maria Mazziotti Gillan at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, May 22.   The evening will culminate with a special performance by R. G. Evans, whose music was featured in the film.   Read more  ...

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Il cibo pugliese "parla". E si può assaporare anche ascoltandolo. E' proprio la dimensione sonorail filo conduttore del cortometraggio "The Sound of Taste", un viaggio suggestivo attraverso la Puglia e la sua cultura gastronomica, presentato nei giorni scorsi a New York, nella prestigiosa cornice del "John D. Calandra Italian American Institute"....

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OCTOBER 02, 2015. 06:00 PM. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011Before Neorealism: Italy's Forgotten Cinema (2015, 56 min.) Directed by David Morea. Produced by Alberto Zambenedetti. Followed by a Q&A with the director and producer.   Before Neorealism: Italy...

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We are excited to announce the publication of Italian American Review Volume 6, Number 1! Volume 6, Number 1 is a special issue on organized crime that grew out of the Calandra Institute's seventh annual conference, titled "MAFIAs: Realities and Representations of Organized Crime" (April 25-26, 2014).   While the scope of the conference...

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