After a successful month in July of five screenings of contemporary Greek documentaries as part of the 16th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Regional Events, the Greek Film Society of Sydney continues with its monthly screenings for the rest of the year.
The new July-December program continues on September 18, with the documentary The Lost Signal of Democracy by multi-awarded journalist and documentary filmmaker Yorgos Avgeropoulos.
This recent work documents the sudden closure of Greece’s 75-year-old public broadcaster in June last year and the struggle by its staff to keep the radio and television stations on air.
It captures the pain and anger that the closure by government decree caused, and the deeper democratic issues that such public institutions represent in a time of crisis and privatisation.
The Lost Signal of Democracy will be screened on Thursday 18 September at 7.00 pm, at The Cyprus Community Club of NSW, 58-76 Stanmore Road, Stanmore.
For more information, visit http://greekfilmsociety sydney.com/