STREET SPECTACLES

North American Premiere

(Greece, Documentary; 2011. 61 minutes.)

Director : Sotiris Kappos
Producer : Sotiris Kappos
Language : Greek with English subtitles
Screenwriter : Sotiris Kappos

Synopsis : In modern Greece, a different kind of theatre exists on the streets below the famous Acropolis and its historic theaters, with mime artists, acrobats, magicians, and puppeteers mingling with passersby. The immediacy of such setting, and responses from engaged to indifferent from the ‘audience’ lead the filmmaker to explore the reasons that make artists choose to perform in street ‘spectacles’ and ultimately to that most essential of artistic questions: Can I survive on my art?