EyeSteelFilm presents the WORLD PREMIERE of Daniel Cross’ Chairman George!

From the director who made THE STREET: A film with the Homeless and the team that made SPIT: Squeegee Punks in Traffic, comes CHAIRMAN GEORGE, a free-wheeling, jet-setting documentary which follows George Sapounidis’ musical trajectory through China, Ottawa, and Greece…chasing the Olympic Torch.

In Canada, George is a statistician. But in China, George is Elvis… CHAIRMAN GEORGE is a documentary feature about a Greek-Canadian troubadour who refuses to live anything but an extraordinary life. ln Ottawa, George is a statistician who lives with his mother. But every few months, he takes an extended leave from his job and heads to China where he metamorphoses into an international man of culture. Armed only with his bouzouki, guitar and cell phone, he becomes a star in China (with both the critics and the ladies). He concludes that since he is “the only Greek in the world who can sing in Chinese,” it is his duty to perform at the Closing Ceremonies of the Athens Olympic Games, as the torch is passed from Athens to Beijing.

AIRDATES:
May 28, 2005 : North American Premiere on CTV Television! On Saturday May 28th at 7:00 PM, you’ll be able to watch the film that CTV has promoted all week! – May 29, 2005 : There will be a repeat screening Sunday 29 May 12:35am-1:45am (Saturday night)