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SUMMARY:Smyrna\, My Beloved
DESCRIPTION:Community Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Burning of Smyrna \nSunday\, September 25\, 2022\n4 pm reception followed by the film screenings\nFree admission and mezedes (No RSVP required)\nJim Gianopulos Family Theater\, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral\n1324 S. Normandie Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA 90006 \nThis moving historical saga\, Smyrna\, My Beloved\, follows a prominent Greek family forced to endure the burning of the vibrant cosmopolitan city of Smyrna in 1922 by the Turks and the killing of its Greek and Armenian populations. In the present\, a young Greek-American woman\, visiting Greece with her grandmother to support the Syrian refugees\, discovers that the Smyrna tragedy destroyed her own family 100 years earlier. \nDirected by Grigoris Karantinakis\, the film features Mimi Denissi\, Leonidas Kakouris\, Burak Hakki\, Katerina Geronikolou\, Jane Lapotaire\, Susan Hampshire\, Rupert Graves\, Christos Stergioglou\, and Daphne Alexander. In English\, Greek\, Turkish\, and French with English subtitles.\nNote: This film contains scenes that may be too intense for young viewers. \nIn addition\, the event will include the short documentary\, The Full Catastrophe\, which was written and produced by Linda Reid Chassiakos. This film is based on the true story of the writer’s mother’s family in 1922; her family members were slaughtered by the Turkish soldiers as the survivors tried to make a heroic escape from Smyrna amidst the devastation and genocide. \nBefore the screenings\, the Honorable Ioannis Stamatekos\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles\, the Honorable Andreas Kyprianides\, Honorary Consul General of Cyprus in Los Angeles\, and Dr. James F. Dimitriou\, President & Chairman of the American Hellenic Council will address the community on the 100th anniversary of the burning of Smyrna. \nThis event\, presented by the American Hellenic Council of California\, the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\, and the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival\, is further supported by St. Sophia Cathedral and the Hellenic Society of Constantinople. Further support has been provided by AHEPA. \nThe event is held under the auspices of the Consulates General of Greece and Cyprus in Los Angeles.  \nSuggested donation: $10
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/smyrna-my-beloved-2/
LOCATION:Saint Sophia Cathedral\, 1324 S Normandie Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Modern Greece
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