About the Blog
This blog is written by Olivia Kent, a senior Screenwriting major and Classics minor of Loyola Marymount University from Colorado Springs, CO.
Using films submitted to the 2017 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival and the newfound knowledge from the class, Representations of Greece: Ancient & Modern, taught by Dr. Katerina Zacharia at Loyola Marymount University, this blog connects this collected insight with the contemporary context of Greece and its economic crisis.
The films discussed in this blog include: Vassilis Mazomenos' Lines, Yannis Sakaridis' Amerika Square, Thelyia Petraki's "Helga is in Lund," Alexander Zwart's "You've Made Your Bed, Now Lie in It" and Elias Dimitriou’s SMAC.
If you have questions or thoughts, feel free to contact me, the author, and I'll get back to you!
Using films submitted to the 2017 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival and the newfound knowledge from the class, Representations of Greece: Ancient & Modern, taught by Dr. Katerina Zacharia at Loyola Marymount University, this blog connects this collected insight with the contemporary context of Greece and its economic crisis.
The films discussed in this blog include: Vassilis Mazomenos' Lines, Yannis Sakaridis' Amerika Square, Thelyia Petraki's "Helga is in Lund," Alexander Zwart's "You've Made Your Bed, Now Lie in It" and Elias Dimitriou’s SMAC.
If you have questions or thoughts, feel free to contact me, the author, and I'll get back to you!
Cited Sources
Amerika Square. Directed by Yannis Sakaridis. 2016. Greece: Ilioupolis Films and Marblemen Productions, 2016. Digital File.
Cannibal Tours. Directed by Dennis O'Rourke. 1988. Australia: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studios, 2016. YouTube Video.
“Greece Unemployment Rate.” Trading Economics, last modified, April 6th 2017, http://www.tradingeconomics.com/greece/unemployment-rate.
“Greece Youth Unemployment Rate.” Trading Economics, last modified, May 2017, http://www.tradingeconomics.com/greece/youth-unemployment-rate.
Hall, Stuart. Representation. Los Angeles: SAGE and the Open University, 2013.
Helga Is in Lund. Directed by Thelyia Petraki. 2016. Greece: Top Spot Films and The Greek Film Centre, 2016. Digital File.
IMDb. IMDb. Accessed April 30th 2017. http://www.imdb.com.
Lines. Directed by Vassilis Mazomenos. 2016. Greece: E.R.T, Greek Film Center and Horme Pictures, 2016. Digital File.
Pezirkianidis, Christos, Anastassios Stalikas, Evgenia Efstathiou and Eirini Karakasidou. “The Relationship Between the Meaning in Life, Emotions, and Psychological Illness: The Moderating Role of the Effects of the Economic Crisis.” The European Journal of Counselling Psychology vol. 4, issue 1 (2016), accessed in 2017.
SMAC. Directed by Elias Dimitriou. 2015. Greece: Greek Film Center, OTE TV, Ammos Films, Authorwave, Prosenghisi Film & Video Productions, Faliro House Productions, 2015. Digital File.
“Unemployment Statistics During the Great Depression.” United States History. Accessed 2017. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1528.html.
You’ve Made Your Bed, Now Lie in It. Directed by Alexander Zwart. 2016. Norway: Komet Films, 2016. Digital File.
Zacharia, Katerina. “Representations of Greece: Ancient & Modern.” Lecture at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, 2017.