Friends of the Ghetto
Draugi no geto
The director Tomas Vynikal arrives at the Roma ghetto in search of humanity. With an authentic approach during ten years, he finds true friendship, but also human corruption. Everything is kept in the dark when the city of Prerov sells the ghetto together with its inhabitants to a private company for the purpose of new housing construction. This company will only go so far to demolish part of the houses. The work is also a picture of current social problems in the Czech Republic, where human dwellings are meaninglessly devastated. These inhabitants receive new rental flats from the state, thus another ghetto is being created.
The director has developed humorous relationship with people filmed. During the storytelling we could ask what kind of politics emerge from a position of love? What does it mean to create something together? Is love the reason why people stay in light of eviction, war, natural disaster?
Director:
Tomas Vynikal
Year:
2023
Country:
CZ
Language:
CZ
Subtitles:
LV, EN