TAORMINA TAJ MAHAL (2004)
Niccolò Bruna, filmmaker with a cause, daydreamer and indie producer
"Niccolò Bruna", filmmaker, filmmaker, director, "video production", documentary, documental, regista, video, Barcelona, "Ready.Barcelona". ENG
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Category
Culture, documentary, Short
Tags
Atlantic City, Brooklyn, Dago, Ellis Island, New York, Trump, USA
About This Project

TAORMINA TAJ MAHAL

 

 

When Dago Meets Trump

USA-ITALY / 2004 / 14 MIN

 

“In 2004 I started an epic journey into the Italian community of Broccolino, the italian name for Brooklyn, NY.

I was searching for the Italian American identity but I finally got lost in Trump’s kitsch temple Taj Mahal”

 

 

 

Today, over 17 million Americans claim Italian ancestry, third only to Brazil and Argentina. Italian Americans are the fourth largest European ethnic group in the United States.
Taormina Taj Mahal enters the nostalgic world of “Dagos” by following a Sicilian family that travels to Atlantic City to assist the Sanremo music festival. An epic journey backwards in time and ahead in the postmodern kitsch of the Trump’s Taj Mahal.
You will soon realize that all the common stereotypes about Italian Americans are definitely true. An amazing finding. But I also discovered a disturbing bond of personal brotherhood with those feelings.

 

A journey among the Italian Americans of Broccolino, NY, in Ellis Island, and at the Sanremo Festival in Atlantic City, under the protection of Modugno and the high guidance of Little Tony and Mike Bongiorno.

 

Starring

Toto Cutugno, Mike Bongiorno, Ferruccio Locco

 

Direction
Niccolò Bruna

 

Produced by Colombrefilm,
Enrico Bona and Niccolò Bruna

 

Cinematographer
Niccolò Bruna

Editing
Niccolò Bruna

 

Soundtrack
Stefano Bollani, Toto Cutugno, Domenico Modugno

 

Contact
info@nicbruna.tv

 

Available in Italian O.V. only

 

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