The Art of Dissent (2021)
2021 · 1h 45m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
"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)…
Director: James Le Sueur
Writers: James Le Sueur
Music by: Tom Larson
Cast
Timothy Garton Ash as Self - IntervieweeJoan Bakewell as BBC Interviewer - BBC Archival FilmShirley Bassey as Self - Subject (archive footage)Kamila Bendova as Self - IntervieweeMikhail Gorbachev as Self - Subject (archive footage)Tenzin Gyatso as Self - Subject (archive footage)Robert F. Kennedy as Self - Subject (archive footage)Martin Luther King Jr. as Self - Subject (archive footage)Frank Zappa as Self - Subject (archive footage)More like this
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