The Art of Dissent

Overview

""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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 5, 2021

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Czech, English

Countries

Czech Republic, United States of America

Production

Česká televize,FRMOL production

Cast

Kamila Bendova,Tenzin Gyatso,Martin Luther King Jr.,Robert F. Kennedy,Timothy Garton Ash,Joan Bakewell,Frank Zappa,Shirley Bassey,Mikhail Gorbachev

Director

James Le Sueur

Writer

James Le Sueur

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt11907874