Category: Mark Spano
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Author, Filmmaker Mark Spano Named 2020 Outstanding Italian-American in North Carolina
October 2, 2020 (Orange County, NC) — The Triangle Sons & Daughters of Italy, a member of the Order Sons & Daughters of Italy in America, has named Blueplate PR client Mark Spano of Orange County as its 2020 Outstanding Italian-American in North Carolina. The organization will present the award during its Annual Picnic and…
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TIMES OF SICILY reviews ‘Sicily: Land of Love & Strife’ – A Filmmaker’s Journey’ by Mark Spano
Blueplate PR client: Mark Spano, filmmaker By Andrew and Suzanne Edwards Mark’s story starts in the streets of Kansas City in a neighbourhood populated by immigrant Sicilians and Neapolitans. He was born to a father of Sicilian origin and a mother whose family came from Puglia. Despite the criminality he witnessed in his hometown, Mark’s…
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SICILY: LAND OF LOVE & STRIFE Is Coming to The Triangle
Blueplate PR client: Mark Spano, filmmaker New documentary will change public perception of the island nation while raising funds for food for the homeless. The Triangle Sons of Italy (TSOI), Lodge 2817, will present the North Carolina premiere of “Sicily: Land of Love & Strife,” the new feature-length documentary by Mark Spano, a first-generation Sicilian-American…
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The Path from Concept to Critically Acclaimed Documentary
Blueplate PR client: Mark Spano, filmmaker, author Thunderfoot Press Releases Sicily: Land of Love and Strife – A Filmmaker’s Journey by Mark Spano A year ago, after four years of multiple trips to Sicily for research, interviews, impressions, writing, re-writing, and, finally, filmmaking, writer/director/producer Mark Spano began introducing his feature-length documentary “Sicily: Land of Love…
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“Sicily: Land of Love & Strife” is Coming to NYC. Its mission: to change public perception of the mysterious Italian island.
Blueplate PR client: Mark Spano, filmmaker A new feature-length documentary created to change public perception of Sicily will be shown in New York City for the first time when the Goddard Riverside Community Center presents “Sicily: Land of Love & Strife” on Wednesday, September 12, at 7:30 p.m. “But for crime, Sicily has gone unexplored,”…
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New Film Proves Successful Fundraiser While Changing Public Perception of Mysterious Sicily
When The Italian Cultural Center of Buffalo, New York (ICCB), the Federation of Italian-American Societies of Western New York (FASWNY), and the Per Niente Club of Buffalo sponsored a special screening of the new feature-length documentary “Sicily: Land of Love and Strife” as a fundraiser, they didn’t know what to expect in return. Would a…
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Hamilton, Ontario’s Festitalia Welcomes Mark Spano’s Film “Sicily: Land of Love & Strife”
A new documentary celebrating the island and its people. Sicilia Canta, in cooperation with Cinema Insieme film club, the Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF), and Festitalia, will present the Canadian premier of the new feature-length documentary by Mark Spano, “Sicily: Land of Love & Strife,” on Wednesday, June 20, beginning at 7 p.m. The premiere…
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New Film Celebrating Sicily Sells Out U.S. Premiere in Kansas City
Feature-length documentary by Mark Spano finds appreciative audience in Middle America. Independent filmmaker Mark Spano, along with celebrated Kansas City Chef Jasper Mirabile Jr., are pleased to report that the U.S. premiere of Spano’s new documentary “Sicily: Land of Love & Strife” sold out the Screenland Armour Theater in North Kansas City, MO., last week. The event was co-sponsored…
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THE KANSAS CITY STAR: “Chef Jasper Mirabile is celebrating Sicily on the big screen and in the kitchen”
BY JASPER J. MIRABILE JR. April 09, 2018 02:56 PM I’m thinking Sicily right now. Of course, it has to do with all the wonderful food and my family heritage but also about independent filmmaker Mark Spano, writer, producer, and director of “Sicily: Land of Love and Strife.” He will be in Kansas City…
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Continuing Ed from OLLI: Filmmaker Mark Spano To Teach “Sicily: Land of Love and Strife”
Spectacular beauty, epic human struggle, the depth and diversity of culture – these are among the many facets of the island of Sicily that students will discover during a continuing educating course conducted by filmmaker Mark Spano. Based largely on Spano’s new feature-length documentary film “Sicily: Land of Love and Strife,” the course is being…
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