Slice of America: Pizza Documentary Premiere at the New Haven Museum
Schedule
Wed Sep 11 2024 at 07:00 pm
Location
New Haven Museum | New Haven, CT
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The New Haven Museum and Best Video will join forces to present director Gorman Bechard and pizza historian Colin M. Caplan for the premiere screening of “Slice of America: Charred in the Florida Sun,” on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 7 p.m., preceded by a wine/beer reception at 6 p.m. with pizza bites from Pepe’s, Sally’s, and Modern. A Q&A will follow with Bechard, Caplan, and the film’s star, Jimmy Fantin. ***This event is now sold out.
Bechard hopes to spread awareness of how New Haven-style “apizza” (pronounced: ah-beetz) is spreading all over the country. “New Haven Apizza is exploding,” he says. “There’s a proclamation in Congress that recently named New Haven the “Pizza Capital of the World.” He calls the film “a true fish-out-of-water story, or should we say, apizza-out-of-Connecticut story,” about a New Haven native with a love for the city’s beloved apizza who does the impossible by bringing the charred, thin-crusted, “best pizza in the world” to southern Florida.
In “Slice of America: Charred in the Florida Sun,” Jimmy Fantin opens Fantini’s New Haven Style Apizza in the small coastal town of Stuart, Florida. With the support of loyal Connecticut snowbirds jonesing for a slice of home, and a rave review from One Bite pizza critic Dave Portnoy, Fantini’s thrives and becomes a hub for pizza in Florida, with pizza lovers driving 100 miles or more for a taste of one of the New Haven-style pies.
Bechard and Caplan will lead viewers on an amusing journey of pizza love and perfection. “You will laugh, learn about the origins of pizza, and fall in love with Jimmy’s passion,” Bechard says. “But mostly you will leave hungry, wanting to experience Fantini’s New Haven Style Apizza for yourself.”
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Where is it happening?
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06510-1238, United States,New Haven, ConnecticutEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
