Episode 6 / The Last Supper (Little Italy Short Film)
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- The Last Days of Little Italy: An Original Documentary Series.
Little Italy, a historic haven for immigrant families from the old country, was once threatened by an ever-expanding Chinatown. But now the fatal blow is being delivered by the gentrifiers. Corporations, yuppies, and chain stores all moved in. How did Little Italy transform itself from a working class neighborhood of tenement buildings to the third most expensive zip code in the United States?
Part funny, part sad, the series explores the impact gentrification is having on Little Italy's long-term residents. The striking imagery captures the neighborhood before it is completely erased by sterile trendy stores and upper middle class sameness.
Will New York City lose another cultural touchstone to the forces of greed?
A Nolita Films Production
Written and Directed by Paul Stone
Produced by Claudia Montano
Cinematography & Editing by Paul Stone
Shot in New York City, Rome, Amalfi Coast & Puglia, Italy.
#newyork #littleitaly #nyc - Krátké a kreslené filmy
We ate at Forlini's a couple of times back in the 90s when we were living in Union City, NJ; the food and service were excellent; it reminded me of the old Italian family-owned restaurants in our own "Little Italy" in Chicago which is no more.
It's very sad to see a lovely Italian restaurant go where people used to eat and socialise. Thank you for the history and great video.
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I've eaten at this restaurant. So sad to hear that they've closed because they really had fantastic food.
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Another great episode Thanks
Thank you! Another classic lost.
Keep these coming, I love these short doc's Paul you need to go make to mulberry street and do up dates a lot of these people have passed
Fantastic. Used to take my Dad there.
MAKES ME SAD I LOVED THAT RESTAURANT ALEAYS ORDERED THE SAME THING PASTA CON BROCCOLI RABE AND CHICKEN CUTLETS AWESOME EVEN WHEN I MOVED TO BORGETTO SICILY IF I WAS IN NEW YORK I WOULD GO THERE SO SAD
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Restaurant business is tough. You dont make money unless you own the property.
Love these episodes
It’s bittersweet. Love making them but hate that I’m losing my neighborhood and the real nyc.
Sad to see at the end how they closed and sold, and harder to see how "Vinny Peanuts" with the same feelings in another episode had passed in 2020 from Covid.
@@mikemchugh3073 I didn’t expect the series to end this way when I shot it. Thanks for the support!
Nothing lasts forever so enjoy the ride......
Thanks for the film! I ❤ it! Have subscribed and liked and can’t wait to watch all the vids on your channel
Awesome! Thank you!
So true about when you get empty buildings, but it will be a very long process. In the UK many small towns are disappearing, shops are empty not just the rent but business rates here. Sad ending the restaurant closed & he was right, a 10 million pound building
Great videography and story telling
Thanks! Appreciate it.
Should of moved to Detroit, Detroit is not a ghost town anymore, it’s happening. Manhattan is just a different animal, it’s blood is being sucked out of it, by politics, foreign investment, etc. etc. etc..
Big loss. I have been many times, including the times with the Craco Society.
Forlinis was my mainstay > I sure miss the joint.
The new owner painted the beautiful oak wood walls white? Wtf?? 🤷🏻♂️
$10 mill is a lot of money… how many years does it take them to net that much money.
The young generation, choose not to allow their work life to become their life. Social media has changed everything. The Restaurant businesses in Manhattan is outdated. Carmines will survive, but almost went under during C-19. But these other spots will go under unfortunately.
I think you’re absolutely right. It will be some fake version.
Ask the Lenape Indians.
He went against whatever he said took the money and left, I don't blame him but don't preach to anybody then sell out
He didn’t sell out. He retired. The guy worked in that restaurant his whole life. Can’t blame him. It’s an exhausting life.
in the age of trump the millionaires squeeze out the locals.