28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Prolegomena to Virtual Framing of a Revolution

Prolegomena to Virtual Framing of a Revolution

director: Petr Hátle
original title: Prolegomena to Virtual Framing of a Revolution
country: Czech Republic
year: 2011
running time: 50 min.

synopsis

A conceptual essay-like look at the origins, symptoms, and principles that stood at the outset of the revolutions in Egypt and Libya. Authoritative regimes come to an end in messages from thousands of mobile telephones. Eisenstein’s mother shot through the eye, Tom and Jerry, Barack Obama, and Slavoj Žižek appear in order to interpret bloody videos showing the chaos of and motivations behind the struggle for liberty and dignity. In Libya, an invitation to the desert of reality takes on sinister dimensions. Muammar Gaddafi utters his final curse.

more about film

director: Petr Hátle
Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms