Director: Menelaos Karamaghiolis
Narrators: Ilektra Alexandropoulou, Yorgos Konstas, Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Marika Tziralidou
Greece, 1989, 76', DCP, color
Greek with Turkish, English subtitles
The film, considered a milestone in Greek documentary film history, observes the evolution and lives of the Roma in Europe through the perspectives of four different individuals. The teacher delves deeply into their roots; the photographer documents the current reality of a community that lacks a written tradition or an official history through photographs. The elderly woman Tamara revives a collective memory through the stories and ancient tales she narrates; while the young Aima offers another perspective from the viewpoint of the new generation, exploring the future and the quest for identity. The film, a daring attempt in its theme and style, caused significant astonishment at the time and was prohibited from being broadcast on state television.
Pera Museum Blog is launching a new series of creepy stories in collaboration with Turkey’s Fantasy and Science Fiction Arts Association (FABISAD). The Association’s member writers are presenting newly commissioned short horror stories inspired by the artworks of Mario Prassinos as part of the Museum’s In Pursuit of an Artist: Istanbul-Paris-Istanbul exhibition. The third story is by Murat Başekim! The stories will be published online throughout the exhibition. Stay tuned!
Martín Zapater y Clavería, born in Zaragoza on November 12th 1747, came from a family of modest merchants and was taken in to live with a well-to-do aunt, Juana Faguás, and her daughter, Joaquina de Alduy. He studied with Goya in the Escuelas Pías school in Zaragoza from 1752 to 1757 and a friendship arose between them which was to last until the death of Zapater in 1803.
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