2024

S1.E1 ∙ Punktum

Wed, Sep 25, 2024

A randomly witnessed photograph inspires a journey to the past. Yiannis- the photographer and a local teacher- takes us to the house where he took the photo. There he will unfold the story of it's former resident, Theodoris, who fought for the liberation against the Nazis during WWII, before being imprisoned as a communist by the Greek Government. Together we bear witness to the remains of a life spent between the battlefield and the prison cell.

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S1.E2 ∙ Thalassa (The Sea)

Wed, Sep 25, 2024

Yiannis takes us to the house of a woman called Tasia. She was born to a wealthy family in Asia Minor and brought to Greece as an orphan after her family was slaughtered in 1922. Her life led her to this village where she lived her days as the baker's wife. Later, Eleni, now in her 80's, recalls the time she spent with Tasia in the aftermath of her husband's death.

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S1.E3 ∙ Rizes (Roots)

Wed, Sep 25, 2024

Zeti visits Moses, a Jewish man whose family fled Pelion after the destruction of WWII. Back in Pelion, Yiannis remembers how he discovered that his own family shared a roof with Moses' grandparents. He takes us through the family's history and recalls how as descendants of families that lived together, himself and Moses' siblings collaborated to collect the puzzle pieces of their joint past.

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S1.E4 ∙ O teleutaios daskalos tis Mpiris (The last Teacher of Biree)

Wed, Sep 25, 2024

Yiannis takes Zeti to meet Demos. He and his family are the only remaining inhabitants of the small village called Biree. Demos works as a gymnastics teacher at a village near by, and his wife is a nurse in the nearest city. Demos will share the history of a village he now considers entirely his own and will describe how he became the gatekeeper of the local memory. Finally, he discusses the meaning of life and what it means to have it all.

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S1.E5 ∙ Xronokapsoula (Time Capsule)

Wed, Sep 25, 2024

In this final episode Yiannis takes us with him in his "excursions to the past". As we enter derelict and abandoned buildings with him, we get to understand deeper the reasons behind his passion with memory and its preservation. Later, Yiannis explains the importance of understanding history as a means of understanding one's own existence.

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