American Michelangelo would have not been possible without:

Logo of the University of Bari Aldo Moro.
Logo of the National Italian American Foundation.
Logo of The Italian Cultural Society of Washington D.C.

Antonella Ciancio

Why I became a filmmaker

I was a Reuters journalist who loved multimedia. When I moved to the United States in 2013, I started filming and editing, and I never stopped. 

Why I decided to make American Michelangelo

Brumidi was a genius and was almost forgotten. He was an outsider who achieved the true American dream when the US was still young. And his incredible story was never told in a documentary. 

What will I do next

I will focus on stories that connect Italy and the United States in surprising ways. From art history, to pop culture, it's an untapped universe that spans centuries.