If you want to learn more about Sicilian culture, see the film Cinema Paradiso. I think it is a far more accurate depiction of real life here than the Godfather movies were!. It is a masterpiece, an Oscar winner that does real justice to the life of a small village in Sicily after the war. It presents the romance of cinema as a Sicilian love story.
Here you can see the values of the Sicilian family, their pride about their heritage, all set amidst an incredible gallery of facts and atmosphere. A must if you want to discover and learn of a different Sicily, far from the stereotypes.