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A series of 12 original half-hour documentaries, presenting traditional arts and techniques in the 21st century, filmed in various parts of Greece. The young protagonist Christos Zacharof travels from Corfu and Paramythia to Lesvos and Patmos, Geraki, Laconia and Lagkadia, Arcadia, to Alexandroupoli and the villages in the Rhodope mountains, places where economically viable traditional professions are still practiced, most of which are included in the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage.
Christos attempts to learn the secrets of marble craftsmanship, wooden shipbuilding, silversmithing, or knitting in the places where they are practiced, working alongside the craftsmen. Along with Christos, the viewer of the documentary also experiences the struggle, difficulties, and peculiarities of each art!
Today:
Traditional Pottery in Thrapsano, Crete [With English Subtitles]
Episode 7
Successors of the Minoan potters, the Thrapsanian craftsmen continue to create ceramics in the numerous workshops that operate in and around their village, literally taken out of their land. What exactly happens to Thrapsanian pottery and what makes it so special? In this episode of Meet the Craftsmen, Hera visits Thrapsano, a village south of Heraklion that lives and breathes to the rhythm of dozens of wheels that spin in pottery workshops all day, but also of furnaces that glow at night. Along with Hera, the viewer will watch how pottery is created. From the extraction and mixing of the soil that will give it its special elements, until the molding, lifting, finishing, and drying each one of them, Before it is carefully stacked in the huge furnace it will need to exceed 1000 degrees to bake it properly.
Lead Actor: Christos Zacharof
Direction - Concept: Grigoris Vardarinos
Screenplay - Scientific Collaborator: Filippos Mandilaras
Production Management: Ioanna Douka
Director of Photography: Giannis Simos
Cinematography: Michalis Kalidonis
Sound Recording: Manos Tsolakidis
Editing - Color Grading: Michalis Kaligeris
Music Composition - Sound Design: Georgios Mouchtaris
Opening Titles - Graphics: Panagiotis Giorgakas
Sound Mixing: Simos Lazaridis
Costume Designer for Christos: Konstantina Mardiki
Electrician: Giorgos Tsesmentzis
Production Secretariat: Konstantina Lampropoulou
Available on ERTFLIX.
https://www.ertflix.gr/en/series/ser.219358-45-mastoroi-kai-60-mathetades
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