Italianamerican

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese interviews his mother, Catherine, and father, Charles, in this short documentary filmed in the couple's Little Italy apartment. The Scorseses discuss their origins in Italy, life after the war, their ancestors and extended family and their religious beliefs. They also explore their immigration to America, the poverty they endured and the hardships they felt as expatriates, not to mention the recipe for Catherine's famous meatballs. …  MORE