Found Gangster Poem
The following lines come from an email sent to i-italy.org editors who, in turn, shared it with me. The words are quoted verbatim and in the order in which they were written, but recontextualized here as verse.
Organized Culture
If you believe that the “Jersey Shore” show of MTV is really gangsters without guns, then you should do something about it. But since when have we become afraid of our youth? Since when has the public behavior of seven 20-something kids been something to pay attention to? This shows that kids don’t really know what it means to be Italian American outside of their family; it also shows that we probably don’t know our kids as well as we think we do. ... So don’t blame MTV; we have failed ourselves.
February 9, 2010
Organized Culture
If you believe that the “Jersey Shore” show of MTV is really gangsters without guns, then you should do something about it. But since when have we become afraid of our youth? Since when has the public behavior of seven 20-something kids been something to pay attention to? This shows that kids don’t really know what it means to be Italian American outside of their family; it also shows that we probably don’t know our kids as well as we think we do. ... So don’t blame MTV; we have failed ourselves.
February 9, 2010
Tano da morire: Singing, Dancing, Shooting
"The first musical about the Mafia"
The 1997 Mafia musical satire "Tano da morire" (finally) gets a U.S. release. There has never been a movie about the Sicilian Mafia quite like it... Surreal and often very funny, stylistically indebted to early Almodòvar and the American “trash” auteur John Waters, satirizes Mafia values and folkways, and in particular its perverse sex and gender codes
"Italian American Food... Why DON'T it get NO Respect?"
"Italian American Food...Why DON'T it get NO Respect?" was the title of a seminar at Vino 2010. The conversation was stimulating and enjoyable. I hope that the Italian Trade Commission and Vino 2011 will host more dialogues such as this one...
An Authentic Voice from the Roman Jewish Ghetto
"Una Storia Romana" is a documentary that takes us back to Rome, in 1943 when a young girl, Enrica Sermoneta, managed to survive the deportation and the difficult economic conditions; as an adult she tells her story today for the first time
February 9, 2010
Found Gangster Poem
The following lines come from an email sent to i-italy.org editors who, in turn, shared it with me. The words are quoted verbatim and in the order in which they were written, but recontextualized here as verse.
February 9, 2010
Confortorio, A Film by Paolo Benvenuti, Event Linked To Il Giorno Della Memoria
As part of the activities linked to the Giorno della Memoria, or Holocaust Memorial Day, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ held a sold out screening of the 1992 film by Paolo Benvenuti, Confortorio. The film is the story of two Jewish men convicted of crimes and sentenced to death by hanging in Rome in 1736.
February 9, 2010
Memories of Anne Frank – A Touching Film About Frank & Her Larger World
Memories of Anne Frank, a film which is loosely based on a novel, Memories of Anna Frank: The story of the woman who helped to hide the Frank family by Alison Leslie Gold was directed by Alberto Negrin. In this version, Anne Frank’s diary is only a small part of the narrative. What we see is Anne Frank the little girl growing up with a best friend – Hannah , a crush on Peter, and with a little girl’s desire to see the world and experience it.
February 9, 2010
Italian American Food at Vino 2010
Vino 2010
"Italian American Food...Why DON'T it get NO Respect?" was the title of a seminar at Vino 2010
Vision of wine
Torna anche quest’anno al Cipriani 42 di New York la manifestazione di Luca Maroni dedicata ai sensi che scoprono il vino. In questa edizione la percezione sensoriale si arricchisce delle opere d’arte degli artisti italiani di “Officina Materica”
An Authentic Voice from the Roman Jewish Ghetto
"Una Storia Romana" is a documentary that takes us back to Rome, in 1943 when a young girl, Enrica Sermoneta, managed to survive the deportation and the difficult economic conditions; as an adult she tells her story today for the first time
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