A short, 10-minute documentary, compiled by Brandon
Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelbergh, introduces us to the current social
crisis in Greece.
After six years of recession, the situation in
Greece is looking increasingly dark. With widespread misery from
austerity measures and budget cuts, unemployment and lowering of wages,
contributing to the rise of a fascist party in Greece.
Jourdan and Maeckelbergh have compiled this short and informative
documentary, showing scenes of the situation in Athens, and also
interviewing many people on the state of the country, which has
descended into an increasingly unpredictable situation.
The video discusses how Golden Dawn is infiltrating the police and
gradually taking over the country, how people are trying to make things
work by a system of barter and exchange, and how the people of Greece
are trying to fight the fascist influences in their country.
As there is no way to embed a Vimeo video here, please visit the following to view the documentary:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/336097
Yiannis Biliris has created a short documentary which, with very few
words, gives a clear picture of the current economic crisis in Greece.
The video shows us that Greece's economic rape is turning into a social
one.
Biliris was born in Athens, Greece in May 1980. At a young age he began experimentation in filming and on graduating,
attended a film-editing school. He has worked for several TV stations,
editing live news and feature stories.
He also collaborated on the Greek public television documentary series "Exandas".
He has received three Official Selections, one Honorable Mention in the
2009 International Photography Awards and seven of his photographs made
it to the finals of the Px3 2010 - People’s choice awards.
Biliris now turns his attention and artistic eye to the crisis in Greece
and with very few words, gives a clear indication of the economic and
social rape of Greece in "MUTE - The visualization of an economic rape".
Sorry, I can't figure out how to embed the Vimeo video here, but you can view the documentary on this website: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/335031
