

Plot Summary
"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.
Full Cast & Characters

Timothy Garton Ash
Self - Interviewee

Joan Bakewell
BBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film

Shirley Bassey
Self - Subject (archive footage)

Kamila Bendova
Self - Interviewee

Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Subject (archive footage)

Tenzin Gyatso
Self - Subject (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy
Self - Subject (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Self - Subject (archive footage)

Frank Zappa
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Director & Crew
James Le Sueur
Director
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The Art of Dissent was directed by James Le Sueur and released in 2021.
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The Art of Dissent has a runtime of 1 hours and 45 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 2021-10-05
- Status
- Released