Vojta Lavička: Ups and Downs

Overview

Longitudinal documentary film was shot for past 16 years and the main protagonist is Roman musician and activist Vojta Lavička. Vojta is a master in violin play, who focuses not only on music but also deals with problems of his origin Roman nationality. Vojta is very active in media - he worked in the national radio and television, he worked in the NGO that organize street work for Roman ghettos around the Czech republic, Vojta worked also as a social worker. All together we can watch him struggling with the main topic of his life - his national minority and problems that are caused by living next to Czech majority. Aside this topic films discovers Vojta's private life and his fight for being a good musician and a good man.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 4, 2013

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech

Countries

Czech Republic

Production

Česká televize,Produkce Třeštíková

Cast

Vojtěch Lavička

Director

Helena Třeštíková

Writer

Helena Třeštíková

Producer

Hana Třeštíková

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3235560