A special screening of two Slovak documentary films depicting events of 1988-1989 in Slovakia. US premiere. Moderated by Gabriel Levicky.
Monday, October 27 at 6:30pm
Bohemian National Hall, 3rd Floor
321 E 73 St
New York City
In Cooperation with Consulate General of the Slovak Republic in NY.
November +20, dir Tomas Vitek, 2009, 26 minutes
The film presents a documentary view of the pre-November, November, and post-November events in 1989, which impacted development of Slovakia’s society. It is a film for all who did not forget and who won´t forget, as well for those who have never had the chance to experience these events. With Ján Budaj, Ján Čarnogurský, Michal Hvorecký, Milan Kňažko, František Mikloško, Ladislav Snopko, Peter Šťastný, Magda Vášáryová.
Candle Demonstration alias Bratislava Good Friday (Svieckova Manifestacia alebo Bratislavsky Velky Piatok), dir Ondrej Krajnak, 2008, 26 minutes
A reconstruction of the Security Forces´ intervention against the peaceful gathering of believers at the Hviezdoslav Square in Bratislava. It includes recordings by the State Security´s secret camera. The agents of the Secret police are identified. Interviews with the protagonists of this historic demonstration recorded twenty years later confront the present with the past. The film includes interviews with Peter Bohunický, Ján Čarnogurský, Ľudmila Heribanová…
Films are in Slovak with English subtitles. Produced by Nation’s Memory Institute in Slovakia.
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Nation’s Memory Institute / Ústav pamäti národa (ÚPN) is a public organization founded in 2002 by the Slovak Parliament for the purpose of investigation, analysis and disclosure of documents regarding the activity of State Security Authorities from 1939 to 1989 in Slovakia.
www.upn.gov.sk/en/mission/
