Sites & Sounds: Athens Pride 2007

Athens Pride 2007 took place Saturday June 23rd at the city's centre. The event involved gathering at Klafthmonos Square browsing organisations' stands early in the afternoon and a parade from Klafthmonos via Stadiou Street, Vassilissis Amalias Avenue, Syndagma Square [in front of the Greek Parliament], Panepistimiou Avenue, Stadiou again and Klafthmonos. A party followed.

I shot this video with a handheld digital camera and edited it using Adobe Premiere Pro v1.0

Between 4min 52sec and 5min 5sec in this video, I felt constrained to apply a mosaic effect on a sequence showing random people by a bus stop watching the parade. This is because, after hitting the rec off button, first a man and then a woman verbally attacked me, the woman demanding all footage of her erased, while the man even threatened to break my camera into a thousand pieces.
I have been filming and photographing for more than a decade now but this is only the second time anyone ever threatens me so agressively [first time was in 2001 while reporting on an arson case]. I am against any kind of violence, be it physical or verbal, yet I felt I would better not show these people in my video if they so desperately wished so.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Athens
• Greece
• Gay
• Pride
• Parade
• LGBT
• 2007

[isron89]

re paidia iremiste... ine dikeoma tou kathenos o erotas... pote tha papsei epitelous aftos o ratsismos? eleos, sto 2008 zoume!!!

[sonkites]

ma kala ti ine afta pou grafete den pate kala..gia afto den pai mprosta aftos o topos..pigente re kana taxidi exo na dite ti ginete..fasistes

[stathisl2]

polla elpizei to pasok kai 30 xronia e3ousia den exei kanei tpt...

sto athens pride bgikes re kapitala na mazepseis psifous?

i epanastasi erxetai gamw tin stani me tis 300 xestres! den 8a perimenoume esas oute to sistima sas na alla3ei!

[KANOYME]

ποιο πολύ δε με εξοργίζουν οι πρωκτικοί ούτε οι ψευτολεσβίες(εξάλλου πρόκειται για γενετικά άρρωστα άτομα που πρέπει τα βρουν με τον γιατρό τους)αλλά όλοι αυτοί οι θολοκουλτουριάρηδες γενετικά υγιείς που πάνε και τους υποστηρίζουν και δήθεν κάτι έγινε.

[gkouxougkouxou]

an ta paidia sas vgoune gay h lesvies t 8 t kanete?8 t paita3ete st kaiada??

outws h allws pote dn 8 papsoun n einai dika sas paidia k 8 tous sumperifereste m tn kalutero tropo k mono tote dn 8 sas noiazei tpt!!

giauto mn krazete kai lete diafora giati opios einai e3w apo tn xoro pl tragoudia leei...k dn uparxei 8 tous dei3w tn swsto tn dromo

[gkouxougkouxou]

an vgei o gios s t 8 kaneis?8 tn kremaseis?h h kori s?

[ariadvh]

profanws eisai ki esu molusmenos...