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The Art of Dissent (2021)

★ 0.0/10 105 min Documentary Czech Republic, United States English
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Description

"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.

Top 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 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)

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