Movie
The Art of Dissent
Released: October 5, 2021 (2021)
Runtime: 105 minutes
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) - 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 (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Robert F. Kennedy as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Age at release: 95
- Martin Luther King Jr. as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Age at release: 92
- Mikhail Gorbachev as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Age at release: 90
- Joan Bakewell as BBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film
Age at release: 88
- Tenzin Gyatso as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Age at release: 86
- Shirley Bassey as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Age at release: 84
- Frank Zappa as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Age at release: 80
- Timothy Garton Ash as Self - Interviewee
Age at release: 66
- Kamila Bendova as Self - Interviewee
Age at release: Unknown