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A molti, il nome di Vincent Schiavelli non dirà granché. Eppure il volto di questo caratterista italo-americano, comparso in centinaia di film (diversi di Milos Forman) è immediatamente riconoscibile: Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo, Amadeus, Ghost, Batman - Il ritorno, Larry Flint, Man on the Moon, per citarne alcuni.   Un volto inconfond...

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Special preview screening of the highly anticipated documentary "The Italian Americans" scheduled for nationwide PBS release in early 2015.   Date: Thursday, January 22, 2015 Hours: 6:30pm Venue: IIC Organized by: NIAF In collaboration with: IIC   Source: IIC Los Angeles  

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This is what I'm thinking: The upcoming PBS documentary series "The Italian Americans" is going to get a special screening at the North Park Theater from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 21 attended by the Buffalo filmmaker who wrote, directed and produced it.   John Maggio, a St. Joe's graduate who has gone on to produce several high-profile P...

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Interviews were conducted and filmed in Sicily for an upcoming movie documentary. Now a (preferably native-born and raised in Sicily) person is needed to translate into English– direct from the video.   Applicants also need to be able to record time code as they go, so that the filmmaker is able to match to frame. The translator will watch v...

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By Jenna Pelletier  The independently produced documentary film "Men of the Cloth" will premiere in Rhode Island Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Showcase Cinemas Warwick. Directed by former menswear fashion editor Vicki Vasilopoulos, it presents an intimate look at three Italian master tailors in the twilight of their careers. The film follows Nino...

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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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