Born Rachel Serrero, Chelly Wilson was an educated Jewish woman and Greece’s first female driver. World War II found her on a boat to the US, leaving her children behind. Having escaped the Holocaust, she started a new family and erased her past. Following the Stonewall Riots, she switched from screening Greek films to pornography, becoming the largest adult theatre owner in New York City.

Director: Valerie Kontakos

Originally from New York, Valerie Kontakos moved to Athens in 2003. After graduating from NYU Film School, she worked on features and commercials until she met David and Albert Maysles, for whom she worked, and decided to concentrate exclusively on documentaries. Her work has been broadcast on international TV networks. She was deputy director of the Hellenic Foundation in New York City, where she established the Greek Film Festival. She has also taught at Queen’s College and the City University of New York. In 2007, she founded her own production company, Exile Films, and she is currently on the board of directors of the Greek Film Archive.