Past Meeting Minutes & Agendas

This page has been archived and is not updated. If you need assistance, please contact First Name Last Name at email.delaware.gov The DIAEA Italian Cinema Series, in collaboration with Friends of Italian Culture, presents its first Italian film on January 26. The film, titled “Astolfo” or “Never Too Late for Love,” is a 2022 release […]

“Mia Madre”/ “My Mother”, (2015) by Nanni Moretti Prof. Alessandra Mirra from Rowan University will offer introductory remarks. An Italian filmmaker (Margherita Buy) tries to cope with her mother’s terminal illness (Giulia Lazzarini) while working on a new movie with the bombastic and wonderfully versatile American actor, John Turturro. Tickets Tickets are priced at $15 […]

“Moonstruck” (1987) by Norman Jewison Bev Zimmermann will offer introductory remarks. One of the great iconic Italian-American films of all-time with an incredible cast featuring Cher, Danny Aielllo, and Nicholas Cage. One week after Valentine’s Day, it is befitting for Italians and Italian-Americans to gather — late, of course — to celebrate love, romance, and […]

“Terraferma” (2020) by Emanuel Crialese Prof. Metello Mugnai from West Chester University will offer introductory remarks. The film contrasts Italy’s traditional humanist values with inhuman new Italian national laws aimed at stemming illegal immigration and insists that it is morally imperative to rebel against them. This continuing clash between Italian law, driven by the politics […]

"Pane e Tulipani" / "Bread and Tulips" (2000) Prof. Giorgio Melloni from the University of Delaware will offer introductory remarks. Rosalba (Licia Maglietta), a middle-aged woman on a bus trip to Venice with her husband and sons, is left behind at a rest stop on the highway. As days pass and no word from her […]