CHAIRMAN GEORGE

1 billion fans can’t be wrong: In China, George is Elvis. In Canada, George is Greek. In Greece, George has a dream…

George is a Greek-Canadian who lives with his mother in Ottawa. He has a PhD in mathematics and he has worked at Statistics Canada for over 20 years. But every few months, George takes an extended leave from Stats Can. He straps on his guitar, grabs his bouzouki and heads to China, where he re-invents himself as an international troubadour and musical star.
Chairman George is a feature length documentary profiling Mr. George Sapounidis, an average bureaucrat from Ottawa who refuses to live anything but an extraordinary life. The film follows him throughout China and on his quest to play a Greek/Chinese folk song at the closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympic Games.

Release year:

2005

Director:

Daniel Cross & Mila Aung-Thwin

Co production:

BBC and TV2 Danmark

Running length:

45 or 69 minutes

Production company:

Eyesteel Film

 

Categories:

• People & Culture
• Feature Lenghts
• Arts, Religion & mystery