Kali Nihta, Socrates
Identifier
F.2004-01-0975
Date Of Production
1962
Abstract
"Kali Nihta, Socrates" ("Goodnight, Socrates") is a story-documentary film about the destruction of a small Greek community in Chicago to make way for urban renewal. As the film was being shot, the neighborhood was being razed to make space for the Kennedy Expressway and the new campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. It captures the real-life destruction of buildings and culture as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy of Greek descent. Northwestern University theatre students Stuart Hagmann and Maria Moraites made the film with a grant from the North Shore Film Society. It went on to win the Golden Lion, or first prize, at the 1962 Venice International Film Festival. Apparently Jean Renoir “liked the film very much,” while John Houseman found the narration “egregious.” We’ll let you judge for yourself!
Run Time
34 min 27 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
1,240 feet
Color
B&W
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Print
Genre
Form
Subject
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Main Credits
Hagmann, Stuart (is director)
Additional Credits
Moraites, Maria (is writer)
Moraites, Maria (is cinematographer)
Hagmann, Stuart (is cinematographer)
Hagmann, Stuart (is contributor)
Brown, Mooyeen (music)
Strachan, Mary (is writer)
Participants And Performers
Mitchell, Charles (is actor)
Moraites, Maria (is actor)
Coleris, John (is actor)
Sterne, Richard (is narrator)
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