Heaven touches Brooklyn in July : a film
March 24, 2011Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July: a Film by Tony De Nonno
Call Number: VHS01573
by: Tony De Nonno; Michael Badalucco; John Turturro; De Nonno Productions.; WLIW (Television station : Long Island, N.Y.);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Brooklyn, NY : De Nonno Productions, ©2001.
Notes: Originally released as a documentary for home video in 2001; Running Time Approx 105 min. Other title: “Dance of the giglio.”
Summary: For 300 years in Italy, and the past century in communities throughout the greater New York area, the ritual known as “The dance of the giglio” has been celebrated each summer, honoring a Roman Catholic saint, San Paolino di Nola and his act of sacrifice in the ancient Italian city of Nola in the year 409 A.D. 125 men carry a five-ton, five-story tower and a 12-piece brass band on their shoulders and dance it through their neighborhood in tempo to Italian folk songs. Includes interviews with Italian American men, women and children.
OCLC #:47932313
Added: March 24, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
