Film · 2021 · 1h 45m

The Art of Dissent

Name: The Art of Dissent
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-10-05
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Cast: Timothy Garton Ash, Joan Bakewell, Shirley Bassey, Kamila Bendova, Mikhail Gorbachev

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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.