[MGSA-L] THURSDAY, March 30, 2017: GREEK CINEMA TODAY presents RAW MATERIAL

[Vaia Trittas]

The A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies at New York University invites
you to the screening of the film

*RAW MATERIAL*
by Christos Karakepelis (2012)

part of the Spring 2017 Film Series
*GREEK CINEMA TODAY*
curated by Visiting Assistant Professor Eleftheria Astrinaki

THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017, 6:30 PM

*12 Waverly Place, Room G-08*
*(Open to the public!)*

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*FILM SYNOPSIS:*
The famous Acropolis affords a view of one of the most poverty-stricken
districts in Athens. This improvised shantytown is home to a diverse
community of people who subsist on collecting discarded metal. Before the
sun is up, they set out in their little three-wheel trucks for the streets
of the metropolis. Then, at the end of the day, they take the old fridges,
televisions, spring-wire mattresses and all other conceivable kinds of
metal refuse to the city's scrapyards; with their meagre earnings they
return home to their families, hoping that the new day will bring a richer
haul. Director Christos Karakepelis spent six years putting this film
together and thus offers the viewer an utterly authentic perspective on the
lives of people for whom, as one of them described it, scrap metal is both
their "treasure and mistress." This impressive documentary, with its wealth
of compelling footage, in spite of its theme maintains a serene atmosphere
throughout and dispenses with all traces of cheap sentiment. Its impact is
thus all the more powerful.

For more information feel free to contact us:


Vaia Trittas
Program Administrator
A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies
New York University
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(212) 998-3979

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