BETTY (Dimitris Stavrakas, 1979)
Category: Cinema > Films
| Original Title: | ΜΠΕΤΤΥ |
|---|---|
| Director: | Dimitris Stavrakas |
| Release date: | 1979 |
| Genre: | Short Film | Documentary | Queer |
| IMDb: | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185345/ |
Censorship incidents
| September 1979 | Rejection of the short film BETTY (Dimitris Stavrakas, 1979) from the Thessaloniki Film Festival
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Description
The short film BETTY (Dimitris Stavrakas, 1979), which narrates a day in the life of the transgender queer activist Betty Vakalidou, was rejected from the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1979. The preliminary committee argued that, although it was an aesthetically solid film, “the social harm that it inflicts is greater than its artistic benefit”.
For full text and advanced filtering options check the relevant article in Greek.
Sources – Bibliography
- Anti, issue 137, 10/1979.
- Proini, 29/9/1979.
