The rebetis' songs

Collection title

Don't dream too much

ID

INA00756

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

01/26/2002

Production year

2002

Abstract

In an inn of the higher part of Thessalonica, Jani and his friends meet every week. They play and sing songs that were written in the 1930s by men who lived in the slums. Their songs talk about love, jail, drugs. They were called “rebetis”, from the Turkish name meaning “outlaw”. They were banned by the dictatorships. Today, every Greek knows them. Those are their “blues”, they call them “rebetiko”.

Type

video

Production companies

• France 3 - Own production

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Primary theme

Music and songs

Credits / Cast

• Fassio Didier - Director

Period of events

• From 1900 to 1925

Map locations

• Greece - North - Salonika

Original language

French

Media running time

12m4