In Canada, George is a statistician. But in China, George is Elvis ... Chairman George is a documentary feature about a Greek-Canadian troubadour who refuses to live anything but an extraordinary life. ln Ottawa, Ontario, George is a statistician who lives with his mother. But every few months, he takes an extended leave from his job and heads to China where he metamorphoses into an international man of culture. Armed only with his bouzouki, guitar and cellular phone, he becomes a star in China (with both the critics and the ladies) singing Greek songs in Chinese. He concludes that since he is "the only Greek in the world who can sing in Chinese," it is his duty to perform at the closing ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, as the torch is passed from Athens to Beijing organizer of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
Festivals and awardsedit
Chairman George won awards at the AFI/Silverdocs and at Guangzhou Documentary Festival.
Accompanying the documentary in 2005, George Sapounidis released his CD George: From Athens to Beijing[4] Sapounidis is a Chinese folk-singing sensation who has appeared at international festivals across China; on stage at Beijing's Forbidden City Concert Hall, and for China Central Television. In addition to Greek, he sings in more than five other languages including Mandarin.
chairman, george, minute, 2005, canadian, documentary, film, about, greek, canadian, musician, troubadour, statistician, george, sapounidis, documentary, directed, daniel, cross, mila, aung, thwin, produced, eyesteelfilm, association, with, storyville, series,. Chairman George is a 73 minute 2005 Canadian documentary film about the Greek Canadian musician troubadour and statistician George Sapounidis The documentary is directed by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung Thwin and produced by EyeSteelFilm in association with CTV 1 BBC s Storyville series 2 and TV2 Chairman GeorgeDirected byDaniel CrossMila Aung ThwinProduced byEyeSteelFilmCTVBBCTV2 Denmark StarringGeorge SapounidisRelease date2005 2005 Running time73 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Festivals and awards 3 Music of George Sapounidis 4 References 5 External linksSynopsis editIn Canada George is a statistician But in China George is Elvis Chairman George is a documentary feature about a Greek Canadian troubadour who refuses to live anything but an extraordinary life ln Ottawa Ontario George is a statistician who lives with his mother But every few months he takes an extended leave from his job and heads to China where he metamorphoses into an international man of culture Armed only with his bouzouki guitar and cellular phone he becomes a star in China with both the critics and the ladies singing Greek songs in Chinese He concludes that since he is the only Greek in the world who can sing in Chinese it is his duty to perform at the closing ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics as the torch is passed from Athens to Beijing organizer of the 2008 Summer Olympics 3 Festivals and awards editChairman George won awards at the AFI Silverdocs and at Guangzhou Documentary Festival Music of George Sapounidis editMain article George Sapounidis Accompanying the documentary in 2005 George Sapounidis released his CD George From Athens to Beijing 4 Sapounidis is a Chinese folk singing sensation who has appeared at international festivals across China on stage at Beijing s Forbidden City Concert Hall and for China Central Television In addition to Greek he sings in more than five other languages including Mandarin References edit CTV page on the Chairman George documentary BBC Storyville page on the documentary Archived from the original on 8 October 2009 Retrieved 20 December 2019 Eye SteelFilm official synopsis Archived 10 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine CD Baby page on the album George From Athens to Beijing Archived 4 October 2012 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editChairman George at IMDb nbsp Chairman George official website Chairman George MySpace site EyeSteelFilm official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chairman George amp oldid 1150003887, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
