Morgantown resident Robert Tinnell, filmmaker and author of the graphic novel/cookbook
Feast of the Seven Fishes, appeared at Lunch With Books today. Tinnell shared his memories of the Italian American Christmas Eve tradition with an audience of 40 people. He said he wrote the book, which began life as a web-based comic strip, as a love letter to his family. He said he hoped the book would help to inspire a new generation to preserve such important familial/cultural traditions, which are unfortunately fading away as a feature of modern life. Tinnell said the book is being turned into a major motion picture, which will begin filming in November. He said he hoped the story would help people to see Italian Americans a
s the wonderful, hardworking, funloving people they really are rather than the typical Hollywood caricature of Italian Americans as gangsters. Tinnell said that
Feast of the Seven Fishes was a labor of love, and described the tremendous effort it took to bring the book and film to life despite the naysaying of some. He concluded by answering audience questions and signing books. Copies of
Feast of the Seven Fishes are available at
http://www.feastofthesevenfishes.com/.
Morgantown resident Robert Tinnell, filmmaker and author of the graphic novel/cookbook Feast of the Seven Fishes, appeared at Lunch With Books today. Tinnell shared his memories of the Italian American Christmas Eve tradition with an audience of 40 people. He said he wrote the book, which began life as a web-based comic strip, as a love letter to his family. He said he hoped the book would help to inspire a new generation to preserve such important familial/cultural traditions, which are unfortunately fading away as a feature of modern life. Tinnell said the book is being turned into a major motion picture, which will begin filming in November. He said he hoped the story would help people to see Italian Americans a
s the wonderful, hardworking, funloving people they really are rather than the typical Hollywood caricature of Italian Americans as gangsters. Tinnell said that Feast of the Seven Fishes was a labor of love, and described the tremendous effort it took to bring the book and film to life despite the naysaying of some. He concluded by answering audience questions and signing books. Copies of Feast of the Seven Fishes are available at http://www.feastofthesevenfishes.com/.
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