SOUTHEAST PREMIERE

Since the 1970s, lesbians from around the world have been drawn to the island of Lesvos, birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. When they find paradise in a local village and carve out their own lesbian community, tensions simmer with the local residents. With both groups claiming ownership of lesbian identity, filmmaker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou, a native and lesbian herself, is caught in the middle and chronicles 40+ years of love, community, conflict, and what it means to feel accepted. Lesvia is a sun-soaked, blissfully nostalgic yet impressively complex insight into the stories of Lesbos that you have never heard.