Interview of Vincenzo Zarrilli
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- Name: (Vincenzo) Vincent Zarrilli
- Place and date of birth: Calitri (Avellino, Italy)
- Family origin:
- Mother: Antonietta (from Calitri, Avellino)
- Father: Giovanni Zarrilli (from Calitri, Avellino)
- Spoken languages:
- Italian (native language)
- English (near native proficiency)
- Neapolitan dialect
- Relocation in Florida: Boca Raton, 1998
List of the Italian Expressions and Traditions Mentioned in the interview:
- “America is for young people”
- “pick and shovel”
- Wooden suitcase full of notebooks and books
- A bottle full of soil from VZ’s vineyard
- Cingoli or cavatelli (kinds of dumpling)
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00:01 - 00:19 |
VZ presents himself in Italian. He arrived to New York in 1963, as young boy, with his parents. |
00:20 - 00:27 |
VZ moved to Florida in 1998 |
00:33 - 00:50 |
VZ’ s description of his native village in Italy |
00:55 - 01:01 |
It’s time to leave Italy |
01:02 - 01:10 |
“America is for young people” |
01:20 - 01-54 |
VZ’s life as an Italian-American |
02:00 - 02:51 |
VZ description of his job |
02:52 - 03:57 |
VZ’s first impression of Florida was not to memorable |
04:12 - 04:26 |
Life is unpredictable: Florida as a paradise |
04:41 - 06:06 |
VZ’ s rediscovering of Italian heritage |
06:10 - 08:21 |
Once upon a time: crossing the Atlantic to follow the American dream |
08:23 - 09:21 |
VZ’s arrival to New York |
09:34 - 09:40 |
The immigrants in the lower part of the ship |
09:45 - 10:02 |
The coat... |
10:20 - 10:48 |
VZ’s suitcase made by his uncle |
10:53 - 12:47 |
VZ’s experience as a young immigrant student in an American school |
13:08 - 13:22 |
The assimilation |
13:54 - 14:05 |
VZ’s trip back to his native village after the 1980’s earthquake that destroyed his hometown |
14:07 - 15:00 |
VZ’s description of artifacts he brought back from his small village: the bottle full of the earth from his vineyard |
15:03 - 16:55 |
VZ’ s legacy of his mother’s cooking |