Short Films from the Naples Film Festival In collaboration with the Naples Film Festival. The following films were selected specifically for Casa Italiana by a special jury made up of students of the NYU Department of Italian Studies: Ciruzziello by Ciro D'Aniello La Gita by Salvatore Allocca Alma by Michelangelo Fornaro La scelta by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo Scenario by Jay…
Benedetta, Aeropoetry, Futurism and Fascism A lecture by Lucia Re, UCLA Through the analysis of the aeropoem “Volontà e poesia del golfo di Napoli,” which features the arrival of Mussolini in Naples in November 1936, this presentation discusses the relationship between art and politics in the work of Benedetta Cappa Marinetti. In ENGLISH. From the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo.
Giuseppe Marotta Casa Italiana hosts this book club that meets once a month to discuss contemporary Italian books in Italian. The Club is open to anyone and its purpose is to offer the possibility to practice the Italian language. Everybody is encouraged to speak. The group suggests the books, usually by contemporary Italian authors, that reflect the changes that have…