Cinema and Migration Film Series: The Journey: The Greek American Dream (Maria Iliou, 2007)

The film narrates the Greek immigration to America from 1890 to 1980. Interviews with prominent Greek Americans including Senator Paul Sarbanes, writers George Pelecanos and Elias Kulkundis, poet Olga Broumas, film critic/historian Dan Georgakas, Ellis Island Archivist George Tselos, Hellenic Studies professors Martha Klironomos and Artemis Leontis, researcher Gus Chatzidimitriou, Father Bob Stephanopoulos, and historian Alexander Kitroeff complement the photographic and filmic archival footage. The film screening is as part of the course “Cinema and Migration” offered by the Program. A full description of the course and the films included can be found by clicking “Course Syllabus” above which will take you to our course offerings for the current academic year.