Film Record: Plato in Amerika

Date produced: 1965

Filmmaker(s):

John Maurogiannopoulos

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:17:00

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1965 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Plato in Amerika deals with the new life a young fellow from the Old Country finds in America. From working as a waiter in a restaurant to shooting dice with his friends, we see him dancing, brawling, wenching, and embarrassing his parents. When at last he is forced to marry one of his girl friends and later is seen romping with his children, he smiles at the camera and decides "this is life" PSA Journal, Sept. 1965, 51.

Resources:

The film is about "the escapades of a first generation Greek caught between two cultures" - via “THE 1965 UFPA CONFERENCE SCREENINGS.” Journal of the University Film Producers Association, vol. 17, no. 3, 1965, 26.

According to Wellesley College News (May 26, 1966), the film was shown at a Festival in Wellesley, and then later selected for a screening at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Subjects:

•      Geography
•      Manners and Customs
•           Family life
•      United States

Genre:

• Youth

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• 1965 for UFPA 19th Annual Conference at NYU: New York, NY
• April 1966 : Wellesley, MA

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