Crime and Prejudice: NYPD’s Italian Squad
Past is prologue in NYPD history The Italian Squad: opposition to immigration; institutional racism; political surveillance and repression; police corruption and brutality.
Mafia
The Eternal Rome in Mobster Show ‘Suburra: Blood on Rome’
Italian mobster series Suburra exploits its Roman setting, using carefully composed shots and symbolically charged locations to suggest that nothing has changed in Rome since antiquity.
Roberto M. Dainotto Explores the Making of the Mafia Myth
The Mafia: A Cultural History offers a Sicilian perspective on the enduring popularity of organized crime stories.
Ipercussonici – “Quannu Moru (When I Die)” (video)
Ipercussonici, a band from Sicily, takes to the streets to honor anti-Mafia heroes