AKOE/AMFI: The Story of a Revolution (*Just to sleep on their chest…) (2023)

8.5/10 71 min Documentary History

Overview

Greece, 1977. A proposed law brings gay men and “transvestites” together in a historic event and sparks the creation of the first Greek LGBT movement. For the next 13 years, AKOE and its magazine Amfi, would define the way LGBT Greeks think about themselves. This film celebrates their story and legacy.

Cast

Ioko Ioannis Kotidis

Self

Betty Vakalidou

Self

Paola Revenioti

Self

Aggelos Papadimitriou

Self

Andreas Papandreou

Self (archive footage)

Konstantinos Karamanlis

Self (archive footage)

Grigoris Vallianatos

Self

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