Raw Material

OT: Proti Yli

Christos Karakepelis // Greece, 2011
Documentary Feature // FF2011

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Story

Three Roma from Albania, two Indians, a Turk and a Greek: a mere sample of the endless army of desperados who live in a string of shanty towns in the shadow of the Acropolis, recycling the metal of an entire nation; heroes of Raw Material and raw material themselves. From the dustbins to the toxic junkyards of downtown Athens, the metal they collect becomes the foundation of the insane world in which they – and we – live. Raw Material charts the course of this band of hunter-gatherers in today’s Europe.

Director

Christos Karakepelis (*1962) studied social sciences and film directing. He works as director and screenwriter for TV documentaries. His first award winning feature was The House of Cain (2000).

Trailer

Info

Original title: Proti Yli

Film type: Documentary Feature

Original language: Arabic, Greek, Romani, Turkish, Urdu

Section: Drei Farben Grün//FF2011

Production country: Greece

Produced: 2011

Runtime: 78 min

Language and subtitles: OV

Director: Christos Karakepelis

Screenplay: Natassa Segou, Christos Karakepelis

Cast: Plumbi Pelumb, Hussein Mustafa, Gogo, Sokol, Gurdevr, Jasvinder

Producer: Costas Labropoulos, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos

DoP: Dionyssis Efthimiopoulos

Editor: Ioannis Chalkiadakis

Music: Vassilis Michailidis

Production Company: CL Productions; Faliro House Productions; Greek Film Centre; ERT S.A.

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