Editor Aliki Panagi used sounds from the period as the soundscape of the film, in order to bring the events to life, while the musician Nikos Platyrachos used songs from Smyrna and hits of the time when composing his original music.
The archival visual materials were collected and preserved by the not for profit organization PROTEUS thanks to sponsorship from the BODOSSAKIS Foundation. The rare film by Robert Davidian found in Los Angeles was preserved by Colorlab in Washington DC.
this documentary and the photographic exhibition pay tribute to the world which was lost in 1922 while at the same time paying tribute to the discipline of history.
Historians from the US and Europe present us with the big picture while first, second and third generation Smyrniots narrate personal stories. Three of them in particular recount family stories in relation to the events from a Greek, Armenian and Turkish perspective, from the years of cosmpolitanism to the time of the destruction.
