Aris Chatzistefanou ( el, Άρης Χατζηστεφάνου) is a

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journalist and filmmaker. Born in

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, Chatzistefanou started his career as a journalist in 1997 at Radio Skai 100.3, where in 2005 he began his own show ''Infowar'', a big success on Greek radio. In April 2011, he released ''

Debtocracy ''Debtocracy'' ( el, Χρεοκρατία ''Chreokratía'') is a 2011 left-wing documentary film by Katerina Kitidi and Aris Chatzistefanou. The documentary examines the causes of the Greek debt crisis in 2010 and advocates for the default of ...

'', a documentary co-directed by Katerina Kitidi about the

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, which, despite garnering almost a million viewers on

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, was not well received in the

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and caused the cancellation of ''Infowar'' and his dismissal. He has worked for the

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and

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, and contributed short documentaries and articles to ''

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'' and other international media outlets. In 2012, he co-directed with Katerina Kitidi, the documentary ''Catastroika'' that focuses on the effects of massive privatization in Greece and several other countries. The documentary features

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and others. The film was released by the co-owned Infowar Productions. Aris Chatzistefanou co-founded the magazine ''Unfollow'' in January 2013. In 2014, he directed ''Fascism Inc.'', a documentary that shows how the economic elites supported

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in the 1920s and 1930s, comparing it to the present situation. In 2016 he directed the documentary This Is Not A Coup focusing on the effects of ECB and

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policies in the European periphery.

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Infowar Productions
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