The Art of Dissent

Directed by James Le Sueur
2021    1h 45m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary)
7.2
"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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Cast of The Art of Dissent

  • Timothy Garton AshSelf - Interviewee
  • Joan BakewellBBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film
  • Shirley BasseySelf - Subject (archive footage)
  • Kamila BendovaSelf - Interviewee
  • Mikhail GorbachevSelf - Subject (archive footage)
  • Tenzin GyatsoSelf - Subject (archive footage)
  • Robert F. KennedySelf - Subject (archive footage)
  • Martin Luther King Jr.Self - Subject (archive footage)
  • Frank ZappaSelf - Subject (archive footage)
  • James Le SueurDirector / Writer
  • Tom LarsonMusic

 

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