“With the completion of the third part of our trilogy, Women Fighters (Part III: 1960–1974), a debt is also fulfilled—a debt to the anonymous women who stood tall in dark times. As we receive snapshots of their actions—actions that never counted the personal cost—we come to understand more fully the historical era in which they struggled.
Their gaze connects that past with the present. Testimonies of disarming honesty, as they recount the small and great struggles and the hardships they endured with patience. From the 1-1-4 movement, the Lambrakis Youth and Sotiris Petroulas, to the dictatorship and the Polytechnic uprising. And from EAT-ESA to the torture chambers of the General Security. A struggle that never fell silent, one they carry quietly on their backs, enriching our historical memory. Portraits of ordinary women who, in difficult times, experienced firsthand the true meaning of resistance—a struggle that continues.”
Director Leonidas Vardaros is a guest on “Time in Greece” with Nikolas Angelidis, where he shares insights into his new work.