Screening: Karel Vachek: Komunismus a síť aneb Konec zastupitelské demokracie (6h)
A six-hour Sunday afternoon screening of the monumental documentary Komunismus a síť aneb Konec zastupitelské demokracie (Communism and the Net, or The End of Representative Democracy) by director Karel Vachek at Kino Družba.
About the author
Karel Vachek (1940–2020) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, educator, and film theorist. He ranks among the most original authors of Czech documentary film and the European film essay. From 2002 to 2018 he headed the Center for Audiovisual Studies at FAMU in Prague.
His expansive works explore Czech political, cultural, and spiritual life through associative montage, long conversations, and complex conceptual constructions. His best-known films include Spřízněni volbou (Elective Affinities, 1968), the tetralogy Malý kapitalista / Nový Hyperion / Co dělat? / Bohemia Docta (1996–2000), Záviš, kníže pornofolku (2006), Obrazy starého světa, and Komunismus a síť aneb Konec zastupitelské demokracie (2019).
At the 11th edition of UFF (2021), a six-hour Sunday screening of his film Komunismus a síť aneb Konec zastupitelské demokracie (Communism and the Net, or The End of Representative Democracy) took place at Kino Družba.