Film Screening: Australia's Greek Cafes and Milk Bars

Australia’s Greek Cafés & Milk Bars chronicles the epic saga of Greek migrants who, from the late 1800s until the 1970s, established thousands of milk bars and cafés in so many suburbs and towns, introducing Australians to jukeboxes, all-day dining and the radical idea that eating out was not just for the wealthy but for everyone.

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Directed by Pria Viswalingam, co-produced with Elizabeth Kaydos and edited by Jack Rôbin, the documentary draws on the landmark research of cultural historians, Leonard Janiszewski and Effy Alexakis, who have documented this cultural phenomenon over decades of fieldwork.

Image: Black and white photo of a person holding a milk shake cup aloft with a stream of milk flowing from it. In the background, shelves are crowded with kitchen supplies and appliances.

Film classification PG.

Image courtesy of State Library of NSW