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The Art of Dissent (2021)

1h 45m · 5 Oct 2021
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"The Art of Dissent" celebrates the resilience and power of artistic engagement in Czechoslovakia before and after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion. The documentary's main protagonists - Václav Havel, banned singer Marta Kubisová, and the underground rock group the Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) - became the most recognizable dissidents during the 1970-80s. Havel bridged the disparate clusters of individuals and fused the literary, musical, political, and philosophical nonviolent elements into a hybrid network that eventually toppled the totalitarian regime in 1989.

Movie ID79699
GenreDocumentary
DirectorJames Le Sueur
Main castTimothy Garton Ash, Joan Bakewell, Shirley Bassey, Kamila Bendova, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tenzin Gyatso, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr.
Release date5 October 2021
Release year2021
LanguageCzech
Duration105 min (1h 45m)
Rating–
Production houseFRMOL production

Director: James Le Sueur
Writers: James Le Sueur

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Timothy Garton AshSelf - Interviewee Joan BakewellBBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film Shirley BasseySelf - Subject (archive footage)
Kamila BendovaSelf - Interviewee
Mikhail GorbachevSelf - Subject (archive footage) Tenzin GyatsoSelf - Subject (archive footage) Robert F. KennedySelf - Subject (archive footage) Martin Luther King Jr.Self - Subject (archive footage) Frank ZappaSelf - Subject (archive footage)

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