简介：TheCzechRepublic AgoraProductionsfirstofsixfilmsintheseries,ThePowerofthePowerless,examinesthestruggleforemancipationincommunistCzechoslovakia,focusingontheroleofdissidentsbetween1968and1989.Thefilminvestigateswhatlifewaslikeforthisblacklistedminority,incontrasttotheprivilegedlivesofcommunistrulersandthevastmajorityofcitizenswhooccupiedtheso-calledgreyzonebetweendissentand“collaboration.”WeassessthecumulativeimpactdissidentshadonCzechoslovaksocietyandtheiryoungprotégéswhoultimatelyprovidedthesparkwhichignitedtheVelvetRevolutioninautumn1989.ThefilmrevisitsthedramaticdaysinNovemberwhichbroughtaninspiredendtocommunisttyrannyinPrague,andcatapultedanoutlawplaywrightintothepresidency. Finally,inasearchfortheheirstothelegacyofanti-communistdissent,thefilmuncoversalarminglinksbetweentheattitudesandchoicesofparentslivingundercommunistdictatorship,ontheonehand,andthedispositionoftheirchildrenwhoarenowyoungadults,ontheother.Morebroadly,weseekanswerstoarangeofvitalquestions,including: DothevaluesandprinciplesforwhichdissidentssacrificedsomuchstillresonateinCzechsociety? HowdoCzechsperceivetheirfreedomnearly20yearsaftertheVelvetRevolution?Dotheytakelibertyanddemocracyforgranted? HowdoyoungpeopletodayviewVáclavHavelandhislegacyofpeacefulresistance?Whoaretheirrolemodels? HowdoyoungCzechsdealwiththeresponsibilityofmakinglifechoicesinafreesociety? Byexposingaudiencestotheexperiencesofformerdissidents,ThePowerofThePowerlesswillencourageyoungpeopletobelieveintheirownpowertochangesocietyforthebetter–throughindividualefforts,collectiveaction,andloyaltytoone’sconvictions.…