The Leopard is a sweeping, six-part series adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's classic Il Gattopardo, which is widely considered to be one of the greatest Italian novels of all time. The book, set in his native Sicily during the unification of Italy in the late nineteenth century, was an international bestseller, and has been translated i...
READ MOREIt’s a wrap. The filming of what’s hoped to be the pilot episode of Spaghetti Wars, an Italian food-based reality show, ended over the weekend. Executive producer Barry Mendelson, whose resume boasts more than 300 TV shows—mostly sports-related—now leads the charge in post-production editing and pitching the show to streaming platforms. While Spagh...
READ MOREThe renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns stopped by the National Press Club earlier this week with co-directors Sarah Burns and David McMahon to preview their latest work, a new film on the life of Leonardo da Vinci. The four-hour documentary, a departure for Burns, who typically focuses on America and American subjects, will air on PBS over tw...
READ MOREMickela Mallozzi is the four-time Emmy Award-winning host and executive producer of “Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi,” a PBS series that highlights the diversity of dance with episodes filmed around the world. Born and raised in Connecticut, Mallozzi tells Fra Noi about her Italian roots, the path that led her to create the show, and filming with h...
READ MORENadia Caterina Munno’s new cooking and travel show, named after her social media handle, ‘The Pasta Queen,’ recently took fans throughout Italy. In her Instagram video announcing the show, Munno said, “Come on a journey with me through Italy, and I will teach you how to cook like a real Italian.” All 13 episodes were set to debut exclusively on Pri...
READ MOREA new unconventional campaign took place in Lucca, Italy, to launch 'Citadel: Diana' the new Prime Video Original chapter expanding the Citadel spyverse, and starring Italian actor Matilda De Angelis as a civilian turned into a spy. Here’s why to amplify the concept 'Anyone could be a spy', Prime Video and Ogilvy Italy chose the most famous spies i...
READ MOREFifty-five years ago, 12-year-old Anthony Martignetti of Boston’s North End became the unlikely star of a television commercial that would prove so popular that it ran for an incredible 13 years. The young Italian immigrant is seen sprinting through the streets of the city as his mother beckons from the window of the family’s apartment on Powers Co...
READ MOREDespite his international renown, we know terribly little about Leonardo da Vinci. Aside from a couple of Florentine court records about a dropped sodomy accusation, and — of course — his own notebooks, his name survives primarily through his work, his idiosyncratic drawings, paintings, and blueprints. Idiosyncratic, for while da Vinci apprenticed...
READ MOREThe Consulate General of Italy in New York and Rai-Radiotelevisione Italiana organised a special event at their Park Avenue headquarters dedicated to 100 years of radio and 70 years of Italian television, in collaboration with Rai Teche and Rai Fiction and under the patronage of the Mike Bongiorno Foundation. The evening was opened by Consul Genera...
READ MORENobody knows noodles like Nadia Caterina Munno. The cookbook author and social media star, known as the Pasta Queen online, is taking her love of Italian cuisine to the small screen with her travel series: The Pasta Queen. The Prime Video show will follow the chef to different regions of her home country and bring the lessons, ingredients and recip...
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