Overview: Slice Of America: Charred In The Florida Sun is a true fish-out-of-water story, or should we say, a pizza-out-of-Connecticut story, about a New Haven-native with a love for the town’s beloved apizza (pronounced: ah-beetz), who does the impossible by bringing the charred, thin-crusted, best pizza in the world to southern Florida.

DVD Verdict: In Slice of America, episode one, 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’s Dave Portnoy, Fantini’s thrives and becomes a hub for pizza in Florida, with pizza-lovers driving a hundred miles or more for just a taste of one of Jimmy’s pies.

Director Gorman Bechard, the filmmaker behind the documentary Pizza A Love Story (and 20 other feature-films), and host/pizza historian Colin M. Caplan lead us on this amusing journey of pizza love and perfection.

The socials claimed You will laugh, learn about the origins of pizza, and fall in love with Jimmy’s passion, and trust me when I say that this is as true a statement as there has (most probably) ever been uttered!

With a run time of just 42 minutes, this supposed short is great value for money and coming complete with oceans of pizza cooking/cooked shots, along with space shots of pizza being adored (we are led to believe, but why not) by the entire world, this is as an adorable documentary as anything that I have personally witnessed for the past few years.

And so as much as you will laugh and learn about the origins of pizza, and also fall deeply in love with Jimmy’s passion, you will most definitely leave hungry, wanting to experience Fantini’s New Haven Style Apizza for yourself!

Special Features:
Q&A from world premiere in Stuart, Florida
Introduction with Mayor from world premiere in Stuart, Florida
Trailer
Director’s Commentary
Jimmy Shows Us the New Space
Colin, Gorman & Karina East at Fantini’s
Colin at the Beach
Colin Answers the Phone
Colin & Jimmy Joking Around
Christopher’s Message to his Dad
Boat Ride B-roll

Slice Of America: Charred In The Florida Sun [Official Trailer]