Mar. 6, 2012
FILMMAKER STAVROULA TOSKA
VISITS THE TSAKOPOULOS HELLENIC COLLECTION
Actress, filmmaker, and co-founder of Orama Pictures Stavroula Toska visited the
Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection from Feb. 16-21 to conduct research on her current
documentary film project, tentatively titled Three Candles. The film, narrated by Academy
Award winner Olympia Dukakis, chronicles the story of Greek women who were exiled into
concentration camps from 1946-1949 during the Greek Civil War. Several notebooks of these
women have been discovered and reveal both the atrocities they endured at the hands of the
government as well as their inner lives during their internment.
During her stay Toska made use of the Collection’s extensive holdings on Greece during
World War II and the ensuing Greek Civil War, including newspapers and pamphlets of the
period and additional materials contained in the Vlavianos archive.
"I am so grateful for all the help and support I received during my visit to the
Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection. I never thought I'd be reading original newspapers
and pamphlets from the 1940s about World War II and the Greek Civil War, as well as other
scarce books that have been out of print for so many years. The information I was able to
gather for our documentary feature surpassed all expectations and was simply
priceless," Toska said.
The film is currently in post production and is scheduled to screen at domestic and
international film festivals in 2013. For more information about Three Candles, visit
http://www.oramapictures.info/.
Best,
George I. Paganelis
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George I. Paganelis
Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection
University Library
California State University, Sacramento
2000 State University Drive East
Sacramento, CA 95819-6039
Ph: (916) 278-4361 * Fax: (916) 278-5917
paganelis@csus.edu<mailto:paganelis@csus.edu>
http://www.library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos