The Art of Dissent

The Art of Dissent

0 | 2021-10-05 | Documentary

"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.

Featured Crew

James Le Sueur Director
James Le Sueur Writer
Tom Larson Music

Cast

Timothy Garton Ash
Timothy Garton Ash
Self - Interviewee
Joan Bakewell
Joan Bakewell
BBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film
Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Kamila Bendova
Kamila Bendova
Self - Interviewee
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Tenzin Gyatso
Tenzin Gyatso
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Self - Subject (archive footage)

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