Preservation of American Hellenic History

History Studies

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• Every Island Has Its Own Song

  [Study of a tsabouna (bagpipe) player from the island of Kalymnos in in Tarpon Springs, Florida.]

  • Produced by Nancy Michael, et al., with the Bureau of Florida Folklife and station WEDU of Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida; copyrighted by the Florida Department of State, 1988.
  • Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Folk Arts Program.
  • Academic Review: Erdener, Yildiray, "Every Island Has Its Own Song by Nancy Michael", Journal of American Folklore vol. 105, no. 415 (Winter, 1992), pp. 85-86.

• Greek Americans

  • Available from WLIW 21 (PBS, Long Island, NY).
  • Produced by Veras Communications, Inc. (White Plains, NY, 1998).

• Greek Americans 2 — Passing the Torch

  • Available from WLIW 21 (PBS, Long Island, NY).
  • Produced by Veras Communications, Inc. (White Plains, NY, 1999).

• Greeks and Americans

  [Greek presence in America from explorers of the 17th century and colonists of the 18th century]

  • Not available for purchase (— Insights).
  • VHS with English subtitles in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum Library.
  • Directed by Tassos Rigopoulos and produced by Dimitris Bakalbassis for the Greek National Television Network (NET, Athens, 2001).

• The Greeks of Southern California, Series

  Part 1, The Pioneers, 1900 - 1942

  • Available from the Greek Heritage Society of Southern California.
  • Produced by the Greek Heritage Society of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA, 2002).
  • Award of Excellence from the Film Advisory Board, Inc.
  • Best Documentary award from the 5th International Panorama of Independent Film Makers in Thessaloniki, Greece.

  Part 2, The Promise of Tomorrow

  • In production by the Greek Heritage Society of Southern California.

  Also see:

  • Online video introduction to The Floga Project, online at YouTube, produced by the Greek Heritage Society, featuring Olympia Dukakis and Melina Kanakaredes.

• Homelands Greece

  • Available from WLIW 21 (PBS, Long Island, NY).
  • Produced by Veras Communications, Inc. (White Plains, NY, 2006).

• The Journey: The Greek American Dream

  • Available at the documentary's web-site
  • Directed and produced by Maria Iliou for the Proteus Project (New York City and Athens, 2007).
  • Premiered at the Benaki Museum and the Hellenic American Union, Athens, January-February 2007.

• Let's Get Married

  [Marriage of Greek-American and Greek national in Ano Ravenia, Greece, summer of 1983.]

  • Available from Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse Street, Watertown, MA 02472; phone: (800) 569-6621 or (617) 926-0491.
  • Produced by Colette Piault, 1985.
  • Financed by France's Centre national de la recherché scientifique.

• Pericles in America

  [Study of relationships between Greek-American clarinetist in New York and the Epirot-Greek community of northern Greece.]

  • Available through outlets listed in the producer's website.
  • Produced by John Cohen, 1988.
  • Academic Review: Cowan, Jane K., "Pericles in America", American Anthropologist New Series, vol. 91, no. 4 (Dec., 1989), pp. 1087-1088.

• The Spirit of the Chicago Greeks

  • Available at the documentary's web-site.
  • Produced by KaplaniKid Productions (Chicago, IL, 2005).
  • Golden Aphrodite [Award], Cyprus International Film Festival, March 2006.
  • ΣΥΝΑΙΣΘΗΜΑ Award "for the emotion of the film", 8th International Panorama of Independant Film & Video , Patras, Greece, September 2006.

• The St. Photios Shrine: Our Plymouth Rock

  • Available to view online at http://www.stphotios.com/video.html
  • Produced by the St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine, 1990.

• A Tribute to the Greek Women Immigrant Pioneers

  • Available from the American Hellenic Institute.
  • Produced by the American Hellenic Institute, 1999.

• Utah's Greek Americans

  • Available from the Hellenic Cultural Association.
  • Also available from the KUED Channel 7, University of Utah.
  • Produced by the Hellenic Cultural Association (HCA) and KUED Channel 7, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, 2000).
  • Aired on KUED Channel 7, Salt Lake City, December 2000.

• A Village in Baltimore: Images of Greek-American Women

  • Available from Doreen Moses, 1730 21st Street NW, Washington DC 20009.
  • Produced by Doreen Moses, 1981.
  • Academic Review: Mandel, Ruth E., "A Village in Baltimore," American Anthropologist New Series, vol. 84, no. 4 (Dec., 1982), pp. 982-984.

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