Olympia

A moving and charming portrait of Academy Award-winning actress and theatre icon Olympia Dukakis. Dukakis is well-known and beloved to audiences internationally for her performances on stage and in classic films like Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias, as well as in the television mini-series Tales from the City. But what did it take for her to achieve this success? With unprecedented access to Dukakis, her family, and the story of her life, Greek American filmmaker Harry Mavromichalis reveals both the public and private aspects of a woman who faced obstacle after obstacle, as she created a singular life in the arts.