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Martin Scorsese Celebrates U.S. Immigrants at Taormina: ‘With the Exception of Native Americans, We’re All Either Immigrants, Children of Immigrants or Descendants of Immigrants’
Martin Scorsese in the Sicilian town of Taormina celebrated immigrant America as he received a lifetime achievement award.
Martin Scorsese played up his Sicilian roots and the impact of waves of immigration on the United States as he received a lifetime achievement award Thursday evening at the Taormina Film Festival. In an emotional speech, Scorsese recalled being a 5-year-old with his family as they watched Roberto Rossellini’s “Paisá” and for the first time hearing from the TV screen the same Sicilian dialect his immigrant grandparents and parents spoke in New York. Earlier in the day, the Oscar-winning director spoke to Variety about several projects which have brought him to Sicily, including a documentary about marine archeology based on the work of underwater archaeologist Lisa Briggs off the Sicilian coast.
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