Please join us for a
GREEK FILM EVENT
Hosted by the Hellenic Cultural Foundation
“1968”
“1968” is a 2018 docu-drama by the acclaimed director Tassos Boulmetis and producer Alexandra Andriopoulou focused on the April 4, 1968 basketball game in which the Greek underdog team A.E.K. played the Czech team in the European Cup finals before a crowd of 80,000 spectators in the Panathenaic stadium in Athens. A.E.K. never forgot where it came from, having been founded in 1924 of refugees from Constantinople; the film records memories of that disaster and the Greek families from Asia Minor whose lives were forever changed. For Greece the game took on a greater importance than a sports event, played just one year into the military dictatorship and at a time when the Greek nation badly needed a morale boost and heroes. 1 hr. 32 mins. In Greek with English sub-titles.
Sunday, April 14, 2:00 p.m., with reception to follow
Center for Creative Photography (CCP)
University of Arizona
1030 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ 85719
The event is free.
Free parking is available in the lot to
the east of the CCP, accessed via N.
Palm Drive from Speedway onto E.
2nd St.
Donations to the Scholarship Fund of
the Hellenic Cultural Foundation will
be gratefully accepted at the event in
cash, by check, or Zelle.
