The documentary “Democracy Is Coming” by Christos Sarris at the Onassis Channel on YouTube

What is the state of democracy today? Can we reinvent it for our era? In May 2018, Onassis Stegi traveled to St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, with the play “Birds,” directed by Nikos Karathanos, initiating a discussion around democracy. A year later, the “Onassis Festival 2019: Democracy Is Coming” deepened those reflections around the concept of democracy and free artistic expression with a diverse program of theater, music, discussions, and other events in a co-production with Public Theater in New York. With the titular festival as its springboard and drawing inspiration from Simon Critchley’s book “Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us," the “Democracy Is Coming” documentary transpires like an oracle, an ancient prophecy, which is interpreted through the triptych “Theater―Politics―Tragedy.”

The script was created based on Simon Critchley's book, Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us.

Simon Critchley is member of the Board of Directors of the Onassis Foundation, and part of the curatorial team, while he lent his voice to the narration.