The Art of Dissent

"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.

Country:

Czech Republic,

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

105 minutes

Year:

2021

Director:

James Le Sueur

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Company:

FRMOL production,

Česká televize

Cast:

Self - Interviewee

BBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film

Self - Subject (archive footage)

Self - Interviewee

Self - Subject (archive footage)

Crew:

Director

Writer

Music