For a Red Shirt

Name: For a Red Shirt
Director: Nikos Theodosiou
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-03-27
Cast: Giannos Perlegas

2025 · 56 min · Documentary

By a remarkable coincidence, the invention of cinema coincides with the first major wave of Greek immigration to America. Inspired by this event, the film unravels the thread of immigration from that time to the great crisis of the 21st century, through its cinematic recordings with unknown or rare documents.

Directed by Nikos Theodosiou · Written by Nikos Theodosiou

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Giannos Perlegas Giannos Perlegas(self)

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