Italianamerican

For Italians and their descendents living in the United States, see Italian American.

Italianamerican
Directed by	Martin Scorsese
Written by	Lawrence D. Cohen Mardik Martin
Produced by	Elaine Attias Bert Lovitt Saul Rubin
Starring	Catherine Scorsese Charles Scorsese Martin Scorsese (uncredited)
Cinematography	Alec Hirschfeld
Edited by	Bert Lovitt
Running time	49 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

Italianamerican is a 1974 documentary directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring Scorsese's parents, Catherine and Charles. The Scorseses talk about their experiences as Italian immigrants in New York City among other things, while having dinner at their apartment on Elizabeth Street. Scorsese's mother also instructs how to cook her meatballs, a recipe later featured in the credits of the film. Among the subjects discussed in the film are family, religion, their origins, Italian ancestors, life in Italy after the war and the hardships of poor Sicilian immigrants in America striving to make money.

On May 26th, 2020 The Criterion Collection released "Scorsese Shorts", a compilation of five early short films by Martin Scorsese which included Italianamerican along with American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince, The Big Shave, What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? and It's Not Just You, Murray!

See also

• List of American films of 1974

External links

• Italianamerican at IMDb