Sofia and Her People
- Alternative title
- Sofia’s People: Eventful Lives
- Synopsis
- Shows a Greek family from the village of Argaki, Cyprus, at three points in their lives. In the ‘ethnographic present’ of Nicosia, 1983, when they operate a successful family business, a bakery that produces several thousand loaves a day; in 1973, when they were resident in Argaki, and Sophia, the mother and leading character, had a much smaller bakery. The third period involves the family becoming war refugees, and passing through a period of depression and apathy. Although economically resilient the family members pay a high price for recovery, in the stresses and strains of shift work. Particularly Sophia, who expresses her painful attachment to her lost village through improvised poems which she sings as laments while she works. Sophia’s lament provides a narrative framework for the film.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 37 min.
- Year of production
- 1985
- Availability
- Hire (RAI Film & Video Library)
Sale (RAI); 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) - Notes
- See also LIFE CHANCES: FOUR FAMILIES IN A GREEK CYPRIOT VILLAGE.
- Uses
- Undergraduates. *RAI
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- Keywords
- Cyprus; refugees; village life
Credits
- Director
- Peter Loizos
Distributor
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute
- Contact
- Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)
- film@therai.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.therai.org.uk/film/film-sales External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7387 0455
- Fax
- 020 7388 8817
- Address
- 50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT - Notes
- The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute Film & Video Library, c/o Concord Media
- sales@concordvideo.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726012
- Fax
- 01473 274531
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
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