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FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AEGEAN

Director:

  Maria Iliou
  

Year Released:

  2012

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

n/a out of 5

Key Performances:

  Greek Descendants
  Turkish Descendants
  Greek Historians
  Turkish Historians
  International Observers
Movie Haiku:Full Title: "From Both Sides of the Aegean: Expulsion and Exchange of Populations, Turkey—Greece 1922—1924." In this powerful doc, an eminent historian succinctly summarizes an enormous human tragedy as follows: “Bureaucrats like to draw lines on maps.” Filmmaker Iliou labored for years to find images that make this story speak. Brava!

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2014