Martin Scorsese and His Parents in ITALIANAMERICAN (1974)

A moment from ITALIANAMERICAN, one of Martin Scorseses's most personal works, featuring his parents Catherine and Charles. In this short film, the family sits down in their New York apartment for a free-flowing discussion that touches on family history, the immigrant experience, and the meaning of Italian American identity. ITALIANAMERICAN is now streaming on the Criterion Channel and collected alongside more of the filmmaker's early films in Criterion's SCORSESE SHORTS Blu-ray box set. criterionchannel.com/scorsese-shorts