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Tuesday, January 04, 2011

AARO - Holiday Greetings

Dear AARO Members,

We begin the New Year with a screening of the film Revolution Girls, details below.

The screening will be followed by a short Q & A with the filmmakers and some of the film's subjects. Please do come and enjoy what promises to be a thought-provoking evening, particularly of interest to those who have followed the changes in the Czech Republic since the heady days of November 1989.

We will start at 6pm on Friday January 14th at the American Center, Trziste 13, Prague 1.

The event is free and open to all, so please do invite guests if you wish. An rsvp is appreciated but not mandatory.

Sincere Regards,

Your AARO Prague Board

REVOLUTION GIRLS

Synopsis

Revolution Girls is the story of four Czech women of the '89 generation. Philosophy students in Prague in 1989, all took active part in a dramatic historic event, the Velvet Revolution, which brought down the Communist regime. The film explores the legacy of the revolution upon their lives twenty years later.

Jana, a member of the European Parliament, keeps trying to save the world. Alena writes one book after another, probing the past for inspiration that the free but confusing present doesn't offer. Alice, a successful if reluctant businesswoman, is channeling most of her energies into raising her three children, including an adopted daughter. Pavla has devoted her life to music and spiritual quests.

What's left of their revolutionary ideals? How many revolutions must a woman go through before she reaches forty? And what can their stories tell us about the time and place they live in?

Credits

Written and directed by: Nataša Dudinski & Taťána Marková

Produced by: Jarmila Poláková, Film & Sociologie and the Czech Television

Cinematography: Nataša Dudinski, Prokop Souček, Eugen Kukla, Dalibor Fencl

Editor: Jan Petras

Script editor: Hana Jemelíková

Music: Peter Binder, Pavla Milcová

Soundmix: Petr Stýblo

Archival research: Kristína Dufková