Goodnight Socrates
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"Kali Nihta, Socrates" ("Good Night, Socrates") is a story-documentary film about the destruction of a small Greek community in Chicago to make way for urban renewal. As the film was being shot, Chicago's Greektown was being razed to make space for the Kennedy Expressway and the new campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. It captures the real-life destruction of buildings and culture as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy of Greek descent.
Credits
Maria Moraites (director); Stuart Hagmann (director); Maria Moraites (writer); Maria Moraites (cinematographer); Stuart Hagmann (cinematographer); Stuart Hagmann (contributor); Mooyeen Brown (music); Mary Strachan (writer); Charles Mitchell (actor); Maria Moraites (actor); John Coleris (actor); Richard Sterne (narrator)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Maria Moraites Collection
Notes: The film was made by Maria Moraites and Stuart Hagmann, who had recently graduated from Northwestern University, with a grant from the North Shore Film Society. It went on to win awards internationally, including the Targa Leone di San Marco for Best Narrative Short Film at the Venice Biennale's 13th Venice International Documentary Film Festival.
Subjects: Greek Americans; City planning; Religions; Manners and customs; Emigration and immigration
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Near West Side
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 1,300 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/44010
Notes: The film was made by Maria Moraites and Stuart Hagmann, who had recently graduated from Northwestern University, with a grant from the North Shore Film Society. It went on to win awards internationally, including the Targa Leone di San Marco for Best Narrative Short Film at the Venice Biennale's 13th Venice International Documentary Film Festival.
Subjects: Greek Americans; City planning; Religions; Manners and customs; Emigration and immigration
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Near West Side
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 1,300 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/44010
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:26