Opening Night UCLA: Screening of Tassos Boulmetis’ 1968

In collaboration with the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, UCLA honors its alumnus, Tassos Boulmetis, with the West Coast premiere and celebration of 1968, the story of how A.E.K., the well-known Greek basketball team founded in 1924 by refugees from Constantinople, after 44 years, beat SLAVIA of Prague to win the European Cup. The screening will be followed by Q & A with the director and a reception to honor his achievement.