The Lost Signal of Democracy
Dir: Yorgos AvgeropoulosIt was an unprecedented occurrence in world history. Nowhere and never in well-governed democratic states, had the public broadcaster been silenced in such a manner that was characterized as “autocratic” and “undemocratic”.
Within five hours, on the evening of June 11, 2013, the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras turned off the switches of ERT, Greece’s public broadcaster, after 75 years of continuous operation. Both TV and radio frequencies fell silent, making screens broadcast black and the FM to buzz.
The closure of ERT was an unheard-of political act that shocked Greek citizens bringing back memories from the dark period of the dictatorship. It also caused a fierce international outrage from all around the world.
Why did the public broadcaster have to die?
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- DURATION: 65min (Theatrical) | 52min (TV Version)
- AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES: English | French | Greek
- AVAILABLE VERSIONS: English (65min) | French (52min) | Greek (65min)
- YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2014
- Written & Directed by : Yorgos Avgeropoulos
- Produced by : Yorgos Avgeropoulos, Anastasia Skoubri
- Picture: Yiannis Avgeropoulos, Yorgos Avgeropoulos, Anastasia Skoubri, Anna Prokou, Konstantinos Stathias, Alexis Barzos, Yorgos Santamouris, Alexandros Mavropoulos
- Editing: Vasilis Magos
- Additional Editing: Manolis Zeakis, Theodoros Popeskou, Anna Prokou
- Music: Yiannis Paxevanis
- Researchers: Yorgos Avgeropoulos, Georgia Anagnou, Andreas Vagias, Thomais Papaioannou
- English Adaptation: Thalia Vavaleka
- Transcripts & Translations: Georgia Anagnou, Andreas Vagias, Thomas Huisman, Ioanna Kitta
- Musicians: Yiannis Paxevanis, Vasilis Tzavaras, Aris Koukos, Yorgos Bouldis, Mihalis Porfiris, Dinos Hadjiiordanou, Sotiris Kastanis, Dimos Polimeris
- Sound Mix: Vasilis Magos
- Web: Christos Lezos
- Legal Advisor: Vasilis Sotiropoulos
- Color Correction: Vasilis Magos
- Additional Footage: Antonis Galanopoulos, Christos Avramidis (afterhistory.blogspot.gr), ERT WEB TV, Sotiris Maniatis, FOSPHOTOS / Reportage
PRIX DU REPORTAGE MÉDITARRANÉEN
Prix International du Documentaire et du Reportage Méditerranéen (PriMed)
Marseille, France
December 2014
Stills [zip / 3 jpg / 3,7 Mb]
Poster (GR) [jpg / 3 Mb]
Poster (EN) [jpg / 3,7 Mb]
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
“The Lost Signal of Democracy” encloses one of the most important and symbolic moments of the economic and social tragedy witnessed today in Greece. It is the most visible and indisputable case that the crisis’s first victim is Democracy, which dies, ironically in the country where it was born. The film records from beginning to end everything that happened in the case of ERT, condensing within an hour, a period of five months. It features all people who played a decisive role in this case, both in Greece and the European Union. They analyze the reasons that led to the sudden death of Greece’s public broadcaster, and open the debate on the dark and uncertain future of public service broadcasting in Europe.