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Agora - From Democracy To The Market (117 min) Greece |
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Director: Yorgos Avgeropoulos
Producer: Yorgos Avgeropoulos, Anastasia Skoubri
Description:
The Agora was the heart of Ancient Greece's city-states—a gathering place, an assembly of active citizens, and the city center for political, economic, athletic, artistic and spiritual life. It was the heart of democracy. In modern Greece, the word Agora has lost its original sense and has come to denote solely the place and act of commercial transactions. Greece today contends with homelessness, soup kitchens, unemployment, poverty, violent conflicts and the rise of the extreme right.
Biography:
Yorgos Avgeropoulos is a Greek documentary filmmaker and journalist. He has worked for Greek television stations covering news stories in Greece and major events around the world. In 2000, he created the current affairs Exandas Documentary Series. As the director and scriptwriter of the series, he has created one-hundred documentaries of social, political and anthropological interest, which have been screened by numerous international documentary film festivals and broadcasted by the Greek National Television for ten years, as well as other TV networks in Europe, North America and the Middle East. Yorgos has been awarded thirty-six international prizes, including the prestigious Silver FIPA, the Faro D' Oro award at CMCA, the Best International Documentary at Torino's Cinemambiente, as well as the Audience Award at Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival.
Contact Information:
e: info@smallplanet.gr
w: www.agorathedoc.com
