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Check out “Worlds Apart,” a movie about the economic crisis in Greece

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nadellii

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Worlds Apart is a great movie for those that want to understand the Greek economic crisis from multiple different perspectives. The movie is in Greek and English, so great for international audiences. It follows three different people and their journey with the economic and migrant crisis. Each story paints a beautiful and tragic image of what happened and is still happening in Greece. Let me know what you think of the movie!

 
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Beautiful movie. I watched it last year and thought it showed different perspectives very well.
 
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I'd be interested in seeing this film. I spent some time in Crete on a few occasions during the crisis, at different points of it, and I noticed that peoples' mindsets were different each time. Does anyone know where I can do that (I am in the US). I tried looking around for it and couldn't find a way to stream it.
 
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greekgal77 said:
I'd be interested in seeing this film. I spent some time in Crete on a few occasions during the crisis, at different points of it, and I noticed that peoples' mindsets were different each time. Does anyone know where I can do that (I am in the US). I tried looking around for it and couldn't find a way to stream it.
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You can watch it on YouTube for $4.99 and on Amazon Prime video for $3.99 or for free if you have an account
 
Thank you for reminding us of the GFC, the Greek Financial Crisis not the Global Financial Crisis.
How funny the GFC was, the world used the Hellenic country and it's people to experiment on how to save the greedy human race.
And now we have a love story movie to show, what about a documentary on how human greed nearly destroyed the Greek people and their country.
 
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Blue & White said:
Thank you for reminding us of the GFC, the Greek Financial Crisis not the Global Financial Crisis.
How funny the GFC was, the world used the Hellenic country and it's people to experiment on how to save the greedy human race.
And now we have a love story movie to show, what about a documentary on how human greed nearly destroyed the Greek people and their country.
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It's such a sad sad story...
 
dubai_suzie said:
You can watch it on YouTube for $4.99 and on Amazon Prime video for $3.99 or for free if you have an account
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That's not bad, I will do that! Thank you for letting me know where I can watch it. I do have Amazon Prime...
 
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Blue & White said:
Thank you for reminding us of the GFC, the Greek Financial Crisis not the Global Financial Crisis.
How funny the GFC was, the world used the Hellenic country and it's people to experiment on how to save the greedy human race.
And now we have a love story movie to show, what about a documentary on how human greed nearly destroyed the Greek people and their country.
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There are movies for that too:

 
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