Release Date

05 Oct, 2021

Runtime

01:45: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

"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.

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Actors

Timothy Garton Ash

Joan Bakewell

Shirley Bassey

Kamila Bendova

Михаил Горбачёв

Tenzin Gyatso

Robert F. Kennedy

Martin Luther King Jr.

Frank Zappa

Crew