5030 Brunson Drive,

Memorial Building Ste. 225,

Coral Gables FL 33146

1968 (2018)

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Directed by Tassos Boulmetis

2018 | 93 mins

In Greek with English subtitles

With Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Stelios Mainas, Errikos Litsis, Ieroklis Michailidis, Giorgos Mitsikostas, Vasiliki Troufakou, Themis Panou, Antonis Antoniou.

April 4th, 1968. The Kallimarmaro Stadium is a buzz, with thousands of people gathered and millions listening through their radios. The AEK – Slavia Prague basketball game has just begun. A girl in love is dreaming of her wedding day, while the future husband becomes more desperate with every Greek ball going through the hoop. An elderly husband and wife remember the home they left behind. A young communist prisoner cheers from his jail cell and a PROPO betting shop becomes the place where old and new wounds resurface. Years before this night, three Constantinopolitans decided to create an athletic union that will tell their story. At the end of this night, Greek history will have changed forever.

4:00 p.m. – Opening social hour with Greek coffee selection

5:00 p.m. – Film Screening

6:45 p.m. – A taste of Greece with a variety of authentic meze, music and discussion

 

On April 4, 1968, an epic basketball game between the Greek AEK team and Slavia Prague, against all odds, gave Greece its first European Cup, a Guinness world record for the largest attendance at a basketball game (80,000 in the Panathenaic Stadium), and a victory that is still talked about. More than just a thrilling David and Goliath story, acclaimed director Tassos Boulmetis uses this historic sporting event to create a docudrama that reveals the fascinating personal and political histories that came to play on the court that night against a backdrop of upheaval that rocked the world in 1968.

Nominated for five Hellenic Film Academy Awards, including Best Film

Tickets: 1968 tickets

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The Hellenic Cultural Society’s Film Program celebrates and promotes the work and talent of established and emerging Greek, Cypriot and Greek/Cypriot Heritage filmmakers. At the South Florida Greek Film Festival and at Film Nights, screenings of full-length films, documentaries, shorts, discussions, provide opportunities to connect, to inspire, to entertain and to share the richness of the Greek culture.

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