Maria Katsikadakou

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.

Butch, dyke, with tattoos and a skinny green mohawk, inseparable from her wheelchair, she would roam around Camden with her lesbian posse. Diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) since her late teens, she lived her life in a way many able-bodied people would covet. So, what was it that allowed her to have this quality of life despite her disability?

“In 2014, on the tenth anniversary of Athens Pride, I grabbed a camera and asked the thoughts of different people in the community: was there any change? Opinion was divided, but the opinion that came last was that of Zak Kostopoulos – who was right!”: these are the words of the influential figure Maria Cyber, as she looks back at her first attempt in filmmaking. “I think things are changing, getting better. They’re also getting worse at the same time, strangely enough. There’s an increase in people who are very anti [-LGBTQI+] and those who are pro… Let’s see who’ll win in the end – we will!” Zak charmingly said to the camera held by Maria, with whom he had a friendly relationship, four years before his brutal murder.

A Marky Ramone gig, a murder, a riot, and a big dildo.

A diverse group of people share one unexpected bond: type 1 diabetes. Through their stories, this documentary traces a community effort that began in Athens ten years earlier to bring visibility to a condition often overlooked.

Butch, dyke, with tattoos and a skinny green mohawk, inseparable from her wheelchair, she would roam around Camden with her lesbian posse. Diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) since her late teens, she lived her life in a way many able-bodied people would covet. So, what was it that allowed her to have this quality of life despite her disability?

Butch, dyke, with tattoos and a skinny green mohawk, inseparable from her wheelchair, she would roam around Camden with her lesbian posse. Diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) since her late teens, she lived her life in a way many able-bodied people would covet. So, what was it that allowed her to have this quality of life despite her disability?

Butch, dyke, with tattoos and a skinny green mohawk, inseparable from her wheelchair, she would roam around Camden with her lesbian posse. Diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) since her late teens, she lived her life in a way many able-bodied people would covet. So, what was it that allowed her to have this quality of life despite her disability?

“In 2014, on the tenth anniversary of Athens Pride, I grabbed a camera and asked the thoughts of different people in the community: was there any change? Opinion was divided, but the opinion that came last was that of Zak Kostopoulos – who was right!”: these are the words of the influential figure Maria Cyber, as she looks back at her first attempt in filmmaking. “I think things are changing, getting better. They’re also getting worse at the same time, strangely enough. There’s an increase in people who are very anti [-LGBTQI+] and those who are pro… Let’s see who’ll win in the end – we will!” Zak charmingly said to the camera held by Maria, with whom he had a friendly relationship, four years before his brutal murder.

A Marky Ramone gig, a murder, a riot, and a big dildo.

A diverse group of people share one unexpected bond: type 1 diabetes. Through their stories, this documentary traces a community effort that began in Athens ten years earlier to bring visibility to a condition often overlooked.

A diverse group of people share one unexpected bond: type 1 diabetes. Through their stories, this documentary traces a community effort that began in Athens ten years earlier to bring visibility to a condition often overlooked.

A diverse group of people share one unexpected bond: type 1 diabetes. Through their stories, this documentary traces a community effort that began in Athens ten years earlier to bring visibility to a condition often overlooked.