The Art of Dissent (2021)
105 min
"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.
- Release date
- October 5, 2021
- Country of origin
- United States, Czechia
- Music
- Tom Larson
Cast
- Timothy Garton Ash as Self - Interviewee
- Joan Bakewell as BBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film
- Kamila Bendova as Self - Interviewee
- Vratislav Brabenec as Self - Interviewee
Crew
- Shirley Bassey · Archive footage
- Leonard Bernstein · Archive footage
- Leonid Brezhnev · Archive footage
- The Dalai Lama · Archive footage
- Alexander Dubcek · Archive footage
- Miloš Forman · Archive footage
- James Le Sueur · Director
- James Le Sueur · Writer
- David Hanzal · Producer
- James Le Sueur · Producer
- Tom Larson · Composer
- James Le Sueur · Cinematographer
- Evzenie Brabcová · Editor
- James Le Sueur · Editor