Category Archives: the films
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Lily of the Feast
Posted on September 28, 2011 by GDIFFoJC in the filmsDir. Federico Castelluccio Williamsburg, Brooklyn 1973. An area where the Italian traditions of family, church, and loyalty are intimately intertwined. Lily of the Feast, tells the story of Santo Bastucci (Federico Castelluccio-Sopranos, El Cantante), a former bookie turned banker with a rare gift for memorizing numbers. Unwittingly cast into the forefront of an aging [...]
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Sarina’s Song
Posted on August 26, 2011 by GDIFFoJC in the filmsDir: Angelique Letizia On a warm summer evening, on Long Island in the 1940′s, wealthy shipping magnate Charles Berkley (Michael O’Keefe) hosts an elegant engagement party for his only daughter Sarina, in order to unite two of the most powerful families of that time. Unbeknownst to her father, she has fallen madly in love with [...]
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Of God and Gucci
Posted on August 26, 2011 by GDIFFoJC in the filmsDir: Keith Rennar This true story begins in 1976,St.Paul’s Roman Catholic Church in the Greenville section of Jersey City.Being raised in a devout Irish Catholic family, Keith’s parents are pleased when he joins the Folk Music group at their church.Always a nervous child,his family hopes that his involvement with the Church will help him find [...]
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The Others…and the Others
Posted on August 25, 2011 by GDIFFoJC in the films(Italy/USA) Dir:LydiaBiondi The others… and the others is the story of immigrants from San Vito sullo Ionio in Calabria, Italy. The film explores the immigrant experience of the Sanvitesi from a 21st century perspective. What does it mean to be the other in any country, at anytime? Can the stories of immigration from an [...]
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The Secret Life…of My Small Urban Backyard
Posted on August 25, 2011 by GDIFFoJC in the filmsDir: John Dunstan My bulldog (Tommy) takes the viewer through the dog door in to the back yard, where he finds unattended food on the picnic table. sheepishly checking to see if any one is watching, he devours a corn muffin, the crumbs fall to the ground. Filming switches to macro. ants investigate the fallen [...]
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