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Beware of the filmmaker!

Giulia Madron

We interviewed Francesca Coppola, a successful Italian filmmaker based in Brooklyn and director of "Flamingos," a beautiful short movie realized in 2012 which premiered at MoMa...

Waiting Tables and Waiting for a Brighter Future: This is Waiting

Natasha Lardera

A documentary by Italian filmmaker Cristian M. Piazza tells the story of three Italian Immigrants and one City, New York. A journey surrounded by everyday victories, nostalgia and...

Terra Sogna Terra. Exploring Food Traditions in the Italian-American Garden

Gabrielle Pati

Lucia Grillo’s full-length documentary Terra Sogna Terra celebrated its premiere screening last week at the Calandra Italian American Institute.

Hollywood, Italian Americans, and the Golden Coast

Laura E. Ruberto

John Fante’s and Richard Quine’s 1956 film, "Full of Life," constructs California Italian culture, one brick at a time.

Photographs of Jack Salvatori, the British Valentino

Laura E. Ruberto

On having received an envelope mailed to Berkeley, California from Cornwall, England with photographs of the Italo-British filmmaker and actor, Giovanni “Jack” Salvatori.

Whose Family Values?

George De Stefano

Director Ferzan Ozpetek’s new film challenges Italian attitudes

Fear and (Self-) Loathing in Italian America

Joey Skee

The Specter of the Gavon Haunts the Prominenti.

Frank Capra Films Italian-San Francisco

Laura E. Ruberto

Capturing Italy’s encounter with California in Frank Capra’s documentary "La visita dell’ Incrociatore Italiano Libia a San Francisco, Calif., 6-29 Novembre 1921"

The Film Festival of Positive Italian-American Images

Joey Skee

Positive images of Italian-Americans that aren’t.

Uncredited Extras: Cinecittà’s Refugees and the Italian American Who Filmed Them

Laura E. Ruberto

Jack Salvatori, an almost-forgotten Italian American director, made a film about Cinecittà’s role as a camp for WWII refugees.

A Conversation with Justin Ambrosino

Chiara Montalto

Several years ago, in a writing group at the Calandra Institute, I got to know a young film director named Justin Ambrosino. Below is a conversation that Justin and I recently had...

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