Video Library

• Cinema & Television

Erminia and Roberta Manfredi on Nino Manfredi [2014]

Manfredi’s widow Erminia and daughter Roberta talk about their memories of the great actor, in conversation with Stefano Albertini. October 24, 2014.

• History & Politics

Legacies of the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia: Visual Arts [2014]

One of the sessions of the International Symposium featuring Abiyi Ford (Addis Ababa University), in dialogue with Ruth Ben-Ghiat (New York University), Maaza Mengiste (New York University and Princeton University) and Shiferaw Bekele (Addis Ababa University). October 24, 2014.

• History & Politics

Legacies of the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia: Literature and Storytelling [2014]

One of the sessions of the International Symposium featuring Shiferaw Bekele (Addis Ababa University), in dialogue with Dagmawi Woubshet (Cornell University), Heran Sereke-Brhan (Independent Researcher) and Maaza Mengiste (NYU). October 24, 2014.

• Art

GIULIO TURCATO [2014]

An exhibition of works by Giulio Turcato. Interviews with curator Isabella del Frate Rayburn and Giulio Turcato Archive’s Martina Caruso. Exhibition on view October 30 – December 12, 2014.

• Literature

The Poetry of PASOLINI with JAMES IVORY [2014]

Book Presentation of The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini edited and Translated by Stephen Sartarelli. A panel with Sartarelli, James Ivory, Barth David Schwartz and Ara H. Merjian. October 22, 2014.

Presentation of “Fighting Paisanos” [2014]

U.S. Premiere of documentary Fighting Paisanos with director Marco Curti and veteran Frank Monteleone. October 21, 2014.

• Literature

In the Footsteps of Thomas Mann [2014]

In collaboration with Save Venice, a lecture and reading by Death in Venice translators Thomas and Abby Hansen. October 16, 2014.

• Music

Anthony Laciura and Steven Cole [2014]

Fred Plotkin in conversation with character tenors Anthony Laciura and Steven Alexander Cole. October 14, 2014.

• Photography

IO E CALLIOPE [2014]

On the occasion of the exhibition Io e Calliope of 12 FotoRomanzi by Ileana Florescu. Introduced by the artist and Russell Banks, Tom Healy, and Ara Merjian. October 9, 2014.

• Art

The Work of Francesco Arena [2014]

Artist Francesco Arena (The Olnick/Spanu Program) in conversation with Vincenzo De Bellis, curator, founder of Peep Hole Milan, and director of Miart; Ara H. Merjian, Associate Professor of Italian Studies, NYU. September 29, 2014

• Literature

Re-Reading Italian Americana [2014]

Book presentation of Anthony J. Tamburri’s Re-Reading Italian Americana: Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism. The author in conversation with Josephine Hendin, NYU and Martino Marazzi, University of Milan / NYU Tiro a Segno Professor. September 10, 2014

• Cinema & Television

Gianni Amelio interviewed by Director Stefano Albertini [2014]

On the occasion of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2014, Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini interviews film director Gianni Amelio. June 7, 2014.