"By understanding how Italians became Americans and what happened to them along the way, we have learned a great deal also about America".
"Finding the Mother Lode" documents the experience of Italian immigrants in California, which was markedly different from that of their compatriots elsewhere in the United States.
Screening: Preview of FINDING THE MOTHER LODE at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
December 15, 2014 - (06:o0 PM ) - Followed by a Q&A with director/producers Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien. Moderated by Martino Marazzi, University of Milan / Tiro a Segno Visiting Professor, NYU
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Children’s literature, the Watts Towers, and Italian-Californian celebrations of Saint Joseph’s Day.
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Looking at the undercurrents of Italian migrant identity in Niki de Sainte Phalle’s Giardino dei Tarocchi.
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Driving for hours takes us to three California Italian American vernacular sites -- from urban LA to rural NorCal with a stop along the freeway in the Central Valley.