The Art of Dissent (2021)

About The Art of Dissent

"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.

The Art of Dissent release dates in Australia

First release (worldwide)

5 October 2021

Release dates: TMDB.

Cast and crew of The Art of Dissent

• Timothy Garton Ashas Self - Interviewee
• Joan Bakewellas BBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film
• Shirley Basseyas Self - Subject (archive footage)
• Kamila Bendovaas Self - Interviewee
• Mikhail Gorbachevas Self - Subject (archive footage)
• Tenzin Gyatsoas Self - Subject (archive footage)
• Robert F. Kennedyas Self - Subject (archive footage)
• Martin Luther King Jr.as Self - Subject (archive footage)
• Frank Zappaas Self - Subject (archive footage)

Director

James Le Sueur

Writer

James Le Sueur

Cast and crew: TMDB.