A Film by Marylou & Jerome Bongiorno
Join us for a free screening and discussion with the filmmakers on

Thursday, March 6, at 7:00 p.m.
(2nd Floor of the Library)

The Nutley Public Library is pleased to welcome back Emmy-nominated, award-winning, husband and wife filmmakers Marylou & Jerome Bongiorno. The duo, who speak at global and local venues, will screen their short fictional film  Palermo: Amore e Fontane (Palermo: Love and Fountains), a love letter to the city of Palermo.

A discussion and Q&A will follow. No registration is required. Light refreshments will be served.

To view the trailer, Palermo: Amore e Fontane, visit vimeo.com/1044892777.

For information about the filmmakers and their projects visit: bongiornoproductions.com/index.html.

Palermo: Amore e Fontane (fiction/documentary/ city symphony film, 27 min., in Italian with English subtitles): Alessandra and Francesco meet, fall in love and explore Palermo. And while their love unfolds, the film celebrates the history, culture, and storytelling traditions of the capital of Sicily. The film is in the genre of city symphony films that emerged in the 1920s.

The film showcases classic literature from Homer to Boccaccio to Giovanni Verga; music inspired by opera to contemporary jazz; historic monuments that include churches, piazzas, fountains and religious icons like Palermo’s patron saint Santa Rosalia; contemporary Sicilian poetry; and foods from the famed and  ancient Ballarò Market with its explosion of colors of eggplants and lemons, images of seafood, cheeses, sizzling meats and traditional street food like arancini and panelle, and tantalizing cannoli desserts.