An open letter from the ones who left

For almost two years, I’ve been working on a personal project that will soon launch its crowdfunding campaign. It’s a crossmedia documentary platform called New Diaspora, and it concerns the stories of Greeks who have moved abroad recently. Who are we, what are we doing here, why did we leave, what’s our point of view on the current situation in Greece, how much have we adapted to our new lives. It’s an open letter with multiple senders and even more recipients.

The main narrative drive is a web documentary series directed by Nicolas Stamboulopoulos, who lives and works in Amsterdam since October 2009. The documentaries explore different aspects of the neo-migrational phenomenon, focusing on the personal stories of the ones who left.

At the same time, New Diaspora is an open community, where expatriate Greeks can share their own creative content and opinions, from wherever they are. Documenting themselves on video, sending photos, writing posts and proposing ideas that are relevant to the platform’s subject.

Beginning our journey from what unites us instead of what divides us, our aim is to intervene jointly and dynamically on the public debate concerning what’s happening in our homeland. Also, to redefine our collective identity and to offer an alternative perspective on the international image of Greeks.