Lets Block

director: Martina Malinová

original title: Několik Let

year: 2014

running time: 47 min.

synopsis

Miroslav Brož’s quixotic struggle to improve the status of the Roma in the Czech Republic has found expression in protests for the removal of a pig farm. The lack of participants in the planned blockade leads to frustration and lost hope for fulfilling the vision of a more active civil society. The diffidence from the protest’s outcome is contrasted with the terseness of Brož’s voiceover commentary and his activities on social networks, which are subtly edited onto the screen.

DETAIL:
“I am calling from Lety near Písek, where a pig farm stands on the site of a gypsy concentration camp. We are non-violently blocking access to the farm. I am asking for any help possible. There are too few of us.”

biography

Martina Malinová is a student of documentary film at FAMU. She previously appeared at the Jihlava IDFF as part of the Television Celebration series of reportages (2013) celebrating 60 years of Czech TV. Her original documentary entitled Thou Shalt Not Steal (2013), filmed while still at school, explores the phenomenon of shoplifting as a metaphor of protest against the values of consumer society.

more about film

director:	Martina Malinová
producer:	Marek Jindra
script:	Martina Malinová
photography:	Martina Malinová
editing:	Martina Malinová
music:	Martina Malinová

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