The Art of Dissent
The Art of Dissent2021
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"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.
DirectorJames Le SueurStudioFRMOL production
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Timothy Garton AshSelf - Interviewee | Self - Interviewee |
 Joan BakewellBBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film | BBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film |
 Shirley BasseySelf - Subject (archive footage) | Self - Subject (archive footage) |
| KKamila BendovaSelf - Interviewee | Self - Interviewee |
 Mikhail GorbachevSelf - Subject (archive footage) | Self - Subject (archive footage) |
 Tenzin GyatsoSelf - Subject (archive footage) | Self - Subject (archive footage) |
 Robert F. KennedySelf - Subject (archive footage) | Self - Subject (archive footage) |
 Martin Luther King Jr.Self - Subject (archive footage) | Self - Subject (archive footage) |
 Frank ZappaSelf - Subject (archive footage) | Self - Subject (archive footage) |