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Garment Workers and Union Activists in Tinsel Town

(04 10 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

My random encounter with a Hollywood Italian American labor activist.

Watching Mob Movies with my Fourteen-Year-Old Son

(29 07 2008) Joey Skee

A “teachable moment” about mafia realties and representations.

Westward the Women

(08 07 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

What Frank Capra and an obscure William Wellman western might tell us about Italian American women.

Clemenza and Tessio are like Britain and France

(03 07 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

The Pax Corleone, or what happens when two political analysts offer a close reading of "The Godfather" in an effort to explain contemporary US politics.

Watching “Serpico” with my Thirteen-Year-Old Son

(02 07 2008) Joey Skee

Musings on heroes, role models, and the Italian-American imaginative.

Brigand or Emigrant, but Ultimately Film Protagonist

(26 05 2008) Joey Skee

Representations of brigands have shaped and continue to reshape perceptions of Italy and its people throughout the world.

Linking the Diaspora Cinematically

(24 05 2008) Joey Skee

Australia’s Federation of Italian Migrant Workers and their Families holds its “The Weird Mob 2: The Italian Invasion” Film Festival.

What Do Pizza, Mario Merola, and the Camorra Have to Do with Ikea?

(15 03 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

A long-lost relative from Brooklyn finds his way to an Italian kids' movie.

Italians in Hollywood

(05 03 2008) Joey Skee

Anna Magnani's and Raf Vallone's portrayals of Italian-Americans seen anew in New York.

Love Costs: Filipinos in Italy and the Movie, "Milan"

(04 03 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

What better place than Italy for immigrants to find both a job and a lover?

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