Geopolis 2000 - Roma, Europeans Without Borders

Call Number
203-13-1:74/1

General information

Call No.:
203-13-1:74/1
Part of series
HU OSA 203-13-1 Records of Central European University: External Relations Office: Audio-visual Recordings
Located at
VHS PAL #74 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00007211
Original Title
Geopolis 2000 - Tsiganes, Europeens sans frontières
Date of air
2000-08-06
Date
2000
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
French, French
Duration
50 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Documentary film
Contents Summary
Documentary film about the Roma population in the world, with a special emphasis on Roma communities in Central-Eastern Europe. The documentary traces their origins and documents their nomadic life combining old archival footage with contemporary images. Interviews and comments of experts, scholars, local leaders and several Roma with various occupations are included in the documentary. Appearances of: Marcel Courthiades (Professor of Romany language, France), Bela Danyi (Auschwitz survivor), Günter Grass (Nobel-Prize winning German author), Henriette Asseo (Historian, France), Ion Mihai Pletos (Gypsy Baron, Romania), Paul Iulian (Mayor of Vidra, Romania), Francisc Giurgiu (Mayor of Livezi, Romania), Grigore Voroneanu (Mayor of Gulia, Romania), Erika Csovcsics (High School Director, Hungary), George Soros (businessman, philanthropist and CEU Founder), Dimitrina Petrova (Executive Director of the European Roma Rights Center in Budapest, Hungary), Aladar Kotai (leader of the Gypsy Minority and President of the Roma Council in Ozd, Hungary), and Angéla Kóczé (Sociologist, Hungary).

Context

Associated Names
Sérillon, Claude (Presenter)
Maquaire, Emmanuel (Director)
France 2 (Copyright holder, Producer)