1990, After The Velvet Revolution, trailer, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Communism, South Bohemia

From the Villon Films Archive collections. Extract. Full duration: 90mins. To order the full film or clips in high/lo-res or to find out more visit:
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About The Film
Directed by Tom Weidlinger.
The fall of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989 unleashed great hopes and expectations among Czechs and Slovaks for starting life anew, free from totalitarian rule. The documentary provides a first-hand look at the reality of what happened in the first three years of democracy.
It follows people who speak about their lives under Communism and what they dream will happen. We then see how reality measures against their dreams as lives unfold, from the end of communism in 1989 to the partition of Czechoslovakia in 1993. In the film we meet a family in South Bohemia that reclaims its land and farm confiscated by an agricultural cooperative, an underground rock star who becomes a member of parliament, a woman who lived under the threat of arrest for her work on a banned newspaper, a Slovakian psychologist who campaigns against the partition of the nation; and a former student leader of the revolution dedicated to publishing a small literary magazine.
About Villon
Villon Films has been independently producing and distributing award-winning films since 1970. With a strong focus on socio-political documentary, the collection spans such issues as government, history, ecology, culture, health and science, biography, and the apartheid period of South African history, among others.
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