Communism and the Net, or the End of Representative Democracy
Nov 05, 2019 | IMDB 0
335 min Watch NowDocumentary
The six-hour essay in four parts examines the history of regimes and revolutions, leaders and martyrs, from a philosophical perspective. The collage of personal memories, staged scenes and archives of collective memory compares the Prague Spring to the Velvet Revolution and shows the exposure, conflict, crisis, and catharsis of the post-communist society.
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