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Dimitre/the House at Lapsahadis
This feature-length work-in-progress explores questions of immigration, nationalism, and exile through the lens of one man's experience. The film focuses on Dimitre Mazaris, a sixty-six year old Greek citizen who has lived legally in the United States for the past thirty years.
Using oral histories withDimitre, his family, friends, and co-workers both here and in Greece, the film will provide insight into what it means to leave one's homeland, and the challenges of building a life in a new country.
In a moment in which immegration has become a politically charged issue, our project seeks to tell one individual's story. The film moves back and forth between Wilmington, Delaware, and Ikaria, Greece, the small Aegean island where Dimitre was born and raised. It explores his life in Wilmington, which has failed in many ways to measure up to the American dream. Ultimitely the film asks whether Dimitre has a place in either society, and explores the tentions of navigating multiple national identities. |
