Martin Scorsese celebrates U.S. Immigrants at Taormina Film Festival:
“With the exception of Native Americans, we’re all either immigrants, children of immigrants or descendants of immigrants…The country is very young. It’s 250 years old, which is nothing in terms of world… pic.twitter.com/0IuiJiFh7h
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– Martin Scorsese was given a Lifetime Achievement award at a Sicilian Film festival and mentions waves of immigration to the US (and goes deep into his own Sicilian ancestry at the source):
“With the exception of Native Americans, we’re all either immigrants, children of immigrants or descendants of immigrants. The country is very young. It’s 250 years old, which is nothing in terms of world history. We’re learning. We’re just crawling. We haven’t begun yet to walk or talk.”
– Thoughts on Trump:
“I am disappointed by Donald Trump. I am not a political philosopher, but I believe that an attitude like his, based on anger and hatred, ends up being counterproductive even for itself. I do not see compassion in this administration. Indeed, it seems that it takes pleasure in the opposite: hurting, humiliating.”
– Thoughts on the new Pope:
“When I think of the new Pope, I don’t think of the fact that he is American. For me, every good Pope is the Pope of all. It’s the same thing that was true for Pope Francis. I didn’t think of him as the Argentine Pope, but as a man capable of embracing all humanity. This is the task of the Pontiff: to guard the soul of the Church, but also to include the world.”
