Finding Staten Italy in Staten Island, NYC

We’re kicking off Season 2 with a trip to the most Italian American Borough in New York City, the often-overlooked and overwhelmingly Italian land of Staten Island, NY!

Join John, Rossella and Pat as they visit their friend Gina Biancardi, the founder of Casa Belvedere: The Italian Cultural Foundation for a day spent exploring an island so Italian that its often called Staten Italy!

From a fresh baked breakfast worthy of a piazza in Rome, to lunch under the grape vines at one of NYC’s oldest and finest Italian Restaurants, we’re sampling home made mozzarella at an Italian American institution, seeking out the Italian roots of the telephone, and unearthing a hand-built shrine that has become one of NYC’s most beloved pilgrimage sites. With our base camp at the incomparable Casa Belvedere, and the guidance of Staten Island’s authority on all things Italian, we’re setting out on an expedition into the heart of America’s most Italian county… STATEN ISLAND, NYC!

Presented as a joint project from The Italian American Podcast and The Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA), and in association with Joe Minnella Studios LLC, we present Greetings From Italian America

Join us each month for a fresh look at one of the best parts of this country of ours… the Italian side!

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“Why Do They Call It Staten Italy?"

Directed by Joe Minnella

Executive Producer Basil Russo

Written by Joe Minnella and John M. Viola

Producers John M. Viola, Rossella Rago, Pat O'Boyle and Joe Minnella

Narrated by John M. Viola

Hosted by John M. Viola, Rossella Rago and Pat O'Boyle

Director of Photography and Editor Joe Minnella

Special Guests: Gina Biancardi, Joe Settepani, Vincent D’Antuono, Sr., Maurizio Asperti

Featuring Original Music By:
Roy Williams (Epidemic)
Cast of Characters (Soundstripe)
Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden (MusOpen)
Butterfly Chase (Epidemic)
Infinity Ripple (Epidemic)
Dresden, the Flamingo (Soundstripe)
Vendla (Epidemic)
Other music provided Royalty Free from Free Music Archive and via Public Domain from MusOpen

Special Thanks
Gina Binacardi, Casa Belvedere: The Italian Cultural Foundation, ISDA, The Italian American Podcast, Bruno’s Italian Bakery & Restaurant, Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, Basilio Inn, The Settepani Family, Maurizio Asperti, Pastosa Ravioli, The D’Antuono Family, The Giacchi Family, Basil Russo, Stephanie Longo, John Deike, and Joyce Venezia Suss
Filmed in Staten Island, NY