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Since the 1970s, lesbians from around the world have been drawn to the island of Lesvos, the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. When they find paradise in a local village and carve out their own queer lesbian community, tensions simmer with the local residents. With both groups claiming ownership of lesbian identity, filmmaker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou—a native and lesbian herself—is caught in the middle and chronicles 40+ years of love, community, conflict, and what it means to feel accepted.
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Not only an important part of queer history in Greece but also a sad reminder that I'll never be a lesbian woman in Eresos during the 80's.
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This might be a little bit harsh reviewing but I personally didn’t like it because I didn’t see myself in it. I am not a white, European lesbian. This is their story and it’s foundational work for them.
Respectfully, it is a great form of archival work retelling the golden age of lesbianism in Eressos, Lesvos. The blending of archival material, paired with personal narrative and interviews makes the film enticing. The director is telling the story of her life, paired with that of Lesvos and the women who came to be loved, with and cared for by women.
But the question that I fear wasn’t answered in the film is who does Eressos belong to? To the Lesbians or…
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ερχονται οι λεσβίες και μας κλέβουν τις γυναίκες
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I was pretty disappointed in this, especially immediately after watching Old Lesbians. It felt like it was unwilling to engage with the most interesting question that it could have: do the lesbian tourists have a right to occupy space over the locals? Based on the description of Lesvia, I feel like the filmmakers made it and subsequently realised what the most interesting central conflict is, stamped it on the marketing but didn't actually adjust the film to properly explore that conflict. Instead, it just skates over it with a few throwaway lines.
The history elements of this were also not moving. Again, it suffers from the comparison with Old Lesbians, which I was incredibly touched by and couldn't stop weeping.…
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interesting history and I can tell the filmmaker has such a personal stake in it, but it completely sidestepped the question of this weird settler colonial aspect of just deciding to occupy a space where there are already people and community. in the end it seems they are coexisting but at what cost? did it disrupt the local economy and make it dependent on tourism? *do* they have the right to occupy the land?
the way this was so sentimental with no questioning of any of these essential questions was offputting tbh
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An important documentation of a phenomenon. Lesvia is a personal documentary that delves into that ephemeral point in time where Lesbos/Erassus was a haven for queer women. The documentary was humorous and personal, with documentation of the women, their freedom, joy, and conflict that they faced on that beach.
However, while I felt that it was a good documentation for the archives, I feel that a decolonial perspective could have been explored. The film explored the conflict between the villagers and the women, but nonetheless the women simply settled on the land and both positively and negatively disrupted the lives of the villagers. It gives rise to the question of who has the right to simply occupy a space as a foreigner, and who has the privilege to do so?
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i love documentaries i love history i love archives i love greek islands i love queer people i love summer i love the sea i love going out with friends....<33
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2 pragmata:
1. Eida treisimisi ores apo to satantango kai eixe 0 lesvies - eleos.
2. Apo osous filous mou to exoun dei, vathmologia dn exoun valei mono oi antres. Ermineuste Mona sas auti tin pliroforia...
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Des petits relents neocoloniaux et rien sur les réfugiés j’avoue que ça me met un peu mal à l’aise
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Letterboxd bestie meet up at the queer film festival?!?!
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Instilled a deep sense of longing in me that I can't put into words
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TDF26 #2
Αυτη η ταινια ειναι μια αγκαλια..
και οπως σοφα ειπε και η σκηνοθετιδα, αν δεν ξερουμε τι διεκδίκησαν οι προηγουμενοι μας, πριν το καταλαβουμε θα τα χασουμε..
