Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

FREE SCREENING.

Note that even though this is a free screening you still need to obtain tickets, follow the link to the Greek Film Festival website to find out details.

Greece, 2013, 57mins (Documentary)
Director Zoe Mavroudi

Produced by Theodora Oikonomides
Cast: Mariniki Alevizopoulou, Chrysa Botsi, Kostas Farmakidis, Ourania Georgiou, Anna Kavouri, Marianella Kloka, Evangelia Soumeli, Matthew Weaitt

This film is dedicated to all the women who were arrested and to those who still support them.

In a shockingly blatant witch-hunt of the powerless, 31 HIV people – all of them women accused of prostitution – had their mugshots and personal information plastered all over Greek television news just days before the national elections of 2012. Detained by the police, they were charged with felony, imprisoned and unjustly humiliated.

Zoe Mavroudi’s incendiary documentary is about giving dignity back to these women who, deprived of their rights, were insensitively thrown to the wolves: The media, the public and the voters.

“Ministers, police and medical authorities defended the operation as an urgent move to protect men and their families from the spread of the virus… It was hard, at first, to grasp what was happening. My initial confusion, however, soon gave way to anger.” Filmmaker Zoe Mavroudi

About the Director:
Zoe Mavroudi is an award-winning Greek actress, screenwriter (Safeword) and playwright (Beauty is Prison-Time and The Stenographer) who studied at the Athens Conservatory of Drama in Athens and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Ruins is her first feature-length documentary.

More information: http://ruins-documentary.com/en/

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