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Christ in Concrete

A powerful social document and a rare, deeply moving story
about the American immigrant experience.

 

116 mins • 1949 • B&W • full frame
genre: Film Noir / Neo-Realist / Drama / Social Justice

DVD Features:
Digitally mastered from 35mm nitrate originals
Audio Commentary by Fred Gardaphe (Director of Italian-American Studies at SUNY at Stony Brook), Norma Barzman (author of The Red and the Blacklist), Richard di Donato (son of Pietro di Donato) and David Kalat
Isolated music track with commentary by Pietro di Donato
Archive of original stills and artwork
Home movie footage of Pietro di Donato
"Memories in Concrete" featurette
1960s recording of Harold Seletsky’s musical monodrama adaptation of Christ in Concrete, performed by Eli Wallach
DVD-ROM supplement with original documents tracing the history of the film's production and distributio
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