A documentary based on the writings of Nikos Kazantzakis’ travels in the Far East. The film’s director Aris Chatzistefanou will join us for Q & A following the screening. Co-sponsored…
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Articles Tagged: Humanities
My Rembetika Blues
Film screening and discussion with filmmaker Mary Zournazi. My Rembetika Blues is a film about the power of music and what makes us human. Rembetika music or the Greek blues…
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Polymnia world premiere presented by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture Saturday, January 21, 2023 7:00 p.m. UCLA Little Theater Reception to follow Sunday,…
Read MoreThemistoklis Aravossitas, “Greek Language Education in North America: New Directions and Challenges” on International Greek Language Day”
The lecture is offered on the occasion of International Greek Language Day. Her Excellency, Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador of Greece to the United States, will offer opening remarks. February 11, 2023,…
Read MoreEvita Arapoglou, “Asia Minor Hellenism: Heyday – Catastrophe – Displacement – Rebirth”
In this lecture, part of the Hellenic Together 4.0 series held in collaboration with the Benaki Museum in Athens, exhibition curator Evita Arapoglou leads us through “Asia Minor Hellenism: Heyday…
Read MoreRoger Michel, “Phidias Unbound: How Robot-Generated Replicas Could Solve the Parthenon Marbles Quandary”
The Parthenon Marbles, commonly known as the Elgin Marbles, were removed from the ancient Acropolis of Athens in 1801 by Lord Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Carved by…
Read MoreAngelopoulos Retrospective: The Travelling Players
The Travelling Players (O Thiassos) Greece, 1975 A powerful vision of postwar Greek history as experienced by a troupe of actors on perennial tour, The Travelling Players swept the awards…
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Ulysses’ Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odissea) Greece, 1995 Theo Angelopoulos once confessed to an interviewer, “I would like to believe the world will be saved by the cinema.” Ulysses’ Gaze…
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The Weeping Meadow (To Livadi pou Dakryzei) Greece, 2004 A family history told in wide shot, The Weeping Meadow spans the turbulent decades between 1919 and the end of the…
Read MoreAngelopoulos Retrospective: The Hunters
The Hunters (I Kynighi) Greece, 1977 When a hunting party finds the body of a communist partisan perfectly preserved in the snow, they carry it back to their lakeside lodge…
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