The Art of Dissent

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.

Main Cast

Timothy Garton Ash

Self - Interviewee

Age : 68 | Popularity : 0%

Joan Bakewell

BBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film

Age : 91 | Popularity : 8%

Shirley Bassey

Self - Subject (archive footage)

Age : 87 | Popularity : 3%

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self - Subject (archive footage)

Age : 93 | Popularity : 10%

Tenzin Gyatso

Self - Subject (archive footage)

Age : 88 | Popularity : 8%

Robert F. Kennedy

Self - Subject (archive footage)

Age : 42 | Popularity : 7%

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self - Subject (archive footage)

Age : 39 | Popularity : 11%

Frank Zappa

Self - Subject (archive footage)

Age : 52 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	James Le Sueur
Writing	Writer	James Le Sueur
Sound	Music	Tom Larson
Department	Role	Name

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