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Maria Iliou visits “Our Town” | 18 Jan. 2025, 12:00 pm

On Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Athens time), Our Town will host Maria Iliou.

The discussion with Themis Rodamitis will highlight her distinguished and successful career as a director, screenwriter, producer, and author. Particular emphasis will be placed on her fiction films and the historical documentaries she has directed in recent years. The show will also include references to the radio broadcasts of her grandmother, Antigone Metaxas (known as “Aunt Lena”), on EIR.

A special focus will be given to her latest documentary, Athens In The Interwar Years, 1922-1940. The program will reveal rare and fascinating information about the modernization of various city areas, the development of transportation, the music of the time, the poetry and literature of the era, and the political landscape.

Using previously unseen archival material, drawings, engravings, and photographs discovered and preserved across three continents, Maria Iliou, historian Alexander Kitroeff, and their collaborators unfold a captivating story that sheds light on the elements of the city that shaped its unique character.

The broadcast will feature music composed for the film by Katerina Polemi.

Produced and presented by Themis Rodamitis
Broadcast: Saturday, January 18, 2025, 12:00-1:00 PM (Athens time)
Repeat: Sunday, January 19, 2025, 4:00-5:00 AM

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