"The Basement" is a moving and inspiring piece of documentary film-making. Fusaro and Trujillo have done a great job of bringing a difficult segment of New Jersey / Italian American mafia history to life. They use a unique and effective framework to tell their story in a compelling fashion. Gut-wrenching yet inspiring, tragic yet humorous and entertaining, suspenseful and surprising, "The Basement" is a worthwhile addition to the canon of modern American documentary film. Fans of documentary films like "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", "Capturing the Friedmans" and "The King of Kong" as well as narrative films like "The Godfather," "Goodfellas" and "Bronx Tale" would likely enjoy this.