DURATION: 48 min.
According to the IMF, Ghana is a case of success! The government, after faithfully following the IMF's recommendations for shrinking the public sector, fully liberalizing the market and carrying out privatizations, has now "achieved its goals". Nowadays, the country's economy is among the world's 20 fastest growing economies and the first in Africa!
However at the same time, 4,000 schools do not have any facilities and the students are having their lessons under the trees. At the clinics in the country's northern parts there is one doctor per 161,000 inhabitants! And small scale farmers, without any support from the state, have been left to starve, struggling alone in the free market's vast sea.
Growth... for whom?
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Written and Directed by: Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Produced by: Achilleas Kouremenos / Director of Photography: Vasilis Mourikis / Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri / Research Coordinator: Georgia Anagnou / Editing: Anna Prokou, Vasilis Magkos / Original Music by: Yiannis Paxevanis / A Small Planet Production for Greek Public Television ΕRΤ © 2012-2013
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Original shooting format: HD 1080p25 / Sound: Dolby Stereo / Languages: English, Greek, Groune, Talen, Kousaal, Dagbani / Subtitles: Greek, English
DURATION: 51 min.
One afternoon in 1975, in a garage in Caracas, Venezuela, the then 36-year-old music professor and economist José Antonio Abreu began a crusade that seemed completely utopian. He wanted to save as many children as possible from poverty, the streets and criminality, by teaching them free of charge classical music and making them members of a classical Symphony Orchestra.
“There was nothing like the first rehearsal”, reminisces the 74-year old conductor today. “It is the moment I remember with the greatest passion. The rest was a great everyday thrill.”
Only 11 children came to that first rehearsal. But the seed had already been planted in the ground, giving birth to what would later become globally known as EL SISTEMA (The System). An education system and at the same time a weapon against poverty. A tool for social change. An attempt to change the world through music!
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Written, Produced and Directed by: Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Director of Photography: Vasilis Mourikis / Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri / Research Coordinator: Georgia Anagnou / Research: Manolis Fylaktidis / Editing: Vasilis Magos, Anna Prokou / A Small Planet Production for Greek Public Television ΝΕΤ © 2011 – 2012
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Original shooting format: HD 1080p25 / Sound: Dolby Stereo / Languages: Spanish, Greek / Subtitles: Greek, English
DURATION: 57 min.
The exploitation of the country’s mineral wealth is projected as the most reasonable solution to deal with the economic crisis that plagues Greece. The Greek state has ceded its mining rights over 31.700 ha of land in northern Halkidiki, a region rich in gold, copper and other metals, to the Canadian multinational company Eldorado Gold. However, many of the region’s inhabitants, who have been resisting the construction of a goldmine for years, claim that this investment will cause irreparable damage to the environment and the benefits will be fewer than the losses. “Cassandra’s Treasure” presents a detailed picture of the modern Greek state before and during the crisis period.
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Written and Directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Produced by Georgia Anagnou / Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri / Director of Photography: Yiannis Avgeropoulos, Theofilos Dadis / Editing: Vasilis Magos, Anna Prokou / Original Music by Yiannis Paxevanis / Singing by Savina Yannatou / A Small Planet Production for Greek Public Television ERT ©2011-2012
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Original shooting format: HD 1080p25 / Sound: Dolby Stereo / Languages: Greek / Subtitles: English
DURATION: 52 min.
Rosia Montana is a village of 4,000 inhabitants, nestled in a green valley in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, with a 2000-year-long history. Its underground holds a treasure, namely Europe’s largest gold deposit! There are, on the whole, 240 tons of gold, which the Canadian company Gabriel Resources plans to exploit by constructing Europe’s largest opencast gold mine in the area.
The historically high prices of this precious metal make this investment particularly profitable for the company. On the other side, the Romanian state believes that, during this period of global economic crisis, this project will bring development, workplaces and immediate profits of 4 billion dollars.
Despite all this, there are some determined inhabitants, who have been resisting for years, and who believe that Rosia Montana’s true treasure is not its gold. If the realization of the mine requires the residents’ relocation, the environment’s pollution and the destruction of Rosia Montana’s ancient cultural inheritance, who is the one to decide if all this is worth the sacrifice?
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Written and Directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Produced by Georgia Anagnou Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri / Director of Photography: Yiannis Avgeropoulos / Editing: Vasilis Magkos, Anna Prokou / Original Music by Yiannis Paxevanis / A Small Planet Production for Greek Public Television ERT ©2011-2012
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Original shooting format: HD 1080p25 / Sound: Dolby Stereo / Languages: English, Romanian, Greek / Subtitles: Greek, English
DURATION: 63 min.
What was the Libyan uprising? A popular revolution that put an end to a tyrannical regime in the most absolute way? Or a well organised international intervention against a leader, who had become annoying? “Days of Rage” narrates minute-by-minute what transpired from the revolution’s beginning to its very end at the battlefields, as well as on a diplomatic level. It investigates into the causes of this revolution and NATO’s intervention, while at the same time tries to shed light on the present and future of a country, which for 42 years was synonymous with Muammar Gaddafi.
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Written and Directed by: Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Produced by: Achilleas Kouremenos/ Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri/ Director of Photography: Vasilis Mourikis/ Research Coordinator: Georgia Anagnou/ Editing: Yiannis Biliris, Anna Prokou/ Original Music by: Yiannis Paxevanis/ A Small Planet Production for Greek Public Television ΕΡΤ © 2011-2012
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Original shooting format: HD 1080p25 / Sound: Dolby Stereo / Languages: Greek, Arabic, English / Subtitles: Greek, English
DURATION: 54 min.
In July 2011, a great wave of famine ravages the Horn of Africa. Over 13 million people are threatened with starvation. Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are in the center of a terrible humanitarian crisis and the United Nations plead with the international community for immediate food aid for the affected regions.
Once again, starvation spreads death through Africa. For decades now, our screens are being inundated with images of emaciated Africans and always, the so called developed countries are sending help. But, what is done incorrectly and the Black Continent is still starving? "Charity, Diplomacy and Business" is filmed on location in Kenya and the United States, the two ends of this humanitarian thread, and it investigates into the not so altruistic aspects of a system that traps the poor states of Africa in a vicious circle of dependency and hunger.
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Written and Directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Produced by Georgia Anagnou/ Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri/ Director of Photography: Yiannis Avgeropoulos/ Additional Research: Andreas Vagias/ Editing: Yiannis Biliris, Anna Prokou/ Original Music by Yiannis Paxevanis/ A Small Planet Production for Greek Public Television ΕΡΤ © 2011-2012
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Original shooting format: HD720p25 / Sound: Dolby Stereo / Languages: English, Greek, Turkana, Luo, Swahili / Available Versions: Greek, English, International
DURATION: 50 min.
In 2008, Iceland was confronted with an unprecedented economic disaster. The country's three banks collapsed, dragging with them to ruin the country's whole social, economic and political life.
Four years later, in 2012, Iceland has begun to show signs of recovery. Unemployment rates are declining and growth rates have reached approximately a 2,5%. However, in order to reach this positive outcome, some quite unorthodox methods were implemented. The measures taken were completely different from what the E.U. and the IMF enforce on member states of the Euro zone that suffer from the effects of the recession. Many times, these handlings brought Iceland up against the International Community and the markets. Nowadays, even the IMF admits that the different methods used in handling the crisis in Iceland have come into fruition. How did the Vikings' descendants achieve these results?
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Directed by: Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Written by: Yorgos Avgeropoulos, Achilleas Kouremenos / Produced by: Achilleas Kouremenos / Director of Photography: Alexis Barzos / Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri / Research Coordinator: Georgia Anagnou / Editing: Yiannis Biliris, Anna Prokou / Original Music by: Yiannis Paxevanis / A Small Planet production for Greek Public Television ERT © 2011-2012
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Original shooting format: HD 720p25 / Sound: Dolby Stereo / Languages: English, Icelandic, Greek / Available Versions: Greek, English, International
DURATION: 60 min.
When the Spanish conquistadors reached Colombia in the 16th century, they thought they had found the mythical El Dorado. In amazement, they watched a ritual at Lake Guatavita, near modern day Bogota, in which the leader of the Muiscas, naked and coated with gold dust, threw enormous amounts of gold into the water as an offering to the gods.
Five centuries later, with gold prices skyrocketing due to the global economic crisis, this time multinational companies are searching Colombia for the new El Dorado. And they are not alone. Guerrillas, paramilitaries, and drug cartels are all claiming a share of the legendary gold deposits.
Gold rush fever, along with cocaine, fuels the civil war which has been raging in the country for over 40 years. It is an invisible form of collateral damage inflicted by the economic turbulence engulfing the planet.
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Written, Produced and Directed by: Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri / Director of Photography: Yiannis Avgeropoulos / Research Coordinator: Georgia Anagnou / Research: Manolis Fylaktidis / Editing: Yiannis Biliris, Anna Prokou / Original Music by: Yiannis Paxevanis / A Small Planet production for Greek Public Television ERT © 2011-2012
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Original shooting format: HD 720p25 / Languages: Greek, Spanish / Subtitles: English / Available Versions: Greek, English, International
DURATION: 56 min.
It has been called the “Rebellion of Dignity”. The spark that was set off by the self-immolation of a 26-year-old in a Tunisian provincial town spread like fire in the entire country. The cry of the Tunisians who demanded freedom and fought for their right to work shook the entire world and gave, once again, a historic role to optimism. Ben Ali, the once almighty dictator, fled the country and his corrupt regime was unmasked. The first revolution of the 21st century is a fact and the Arab world will never be the same again.
“29 Days” goes back to the beginning, to the roots of the “Arab spring”. Through the soul-stirring testimonies of those who were in the middle of it and the rich archive that they salvaged from the period of the uprising, the documentary presents the chronicle of the 29 days that changed the course of history.
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Written & Directed by: Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Produced by: Georgia Anagnou / Director of Photography: Yiannis Avgeropoulos / Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri / Research: Andreas Vagias / Editing: Yiannis Biliris, Anna Prokou / Original Music by: Yiannis Paxevanis / A Small Planet production for Greek Public Television ERT © 2011-2012
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Original shooting format: HD 720p25 / Languages: Greek, French, Arabic / Subtitles: Greek, English / Available Versions: Greek, English, International
DURATION: 50 min.
"Egypt, the Other Homeland" witnesses the return, years later, of certain Greeks of Egypt back to the land where they were born and raised. They visit their parents’ home, the family business, their old neighborhood; they search the old Egyptian friends that they left behind. "Egypt, the Other Homeland" will follow them on their journey back in time and space and will trace the old links between the two people, which spread from ancient times until today. Through their personal voyage, as well as through the interviews of eminent Greek and Egyptian specialists, unfolds the story of a numerous community which controlled 80% of Egypt’s financial life at the beginning of the 20th century, founded the first bank, created the first theatres and cinemas and produced the first wines and cigarettes.
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Directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Written by Nikolas Zirganos, Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Director of Photography: Alexis Barzos / Produced by Nikolas Zirganos / Scientific Research: Eirini Chrysocheri / Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri / Original Music by Yiannis Paxevanis / Editing: Yiannis Biliris, Anna Prokou / Small Planet - Al Jazeera © 2011
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Original shooting format: HD 720p25 / Languages: Arabic, Greek / Subtitles: English, Greek / Available Versions: Arabic, Greek
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