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Voices from the island of freedom / Czech TV Creative Unit of Karel Hynie and the People in Need, Czech TV Foundation present ; a TV documentary by Peter and Pawel Kowalski ; made by Chronosfilm s.r.o. ; screenplay, Peter and Pawel Kowalski ; directed by Pawel Kowalski.

LIBRA DVD F1788 .V643 2006 DVD + booklet
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Kowalski, Pawel, 1967- screenwriter, cinematographer, director.
Kowalski, Petr, screenwriter.
Hynie, Karel, producer.
Havel, Václav, speaker.
Československá televize, producer.
People in Need (Organization), distributor, producer.
Chronos Film, producer.
Language:
Czech
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Political persecution.
History.
Cuba--Politics and government--1959-1990.
Cuba.
Politics and government.
Government, Resistance to--Cuba--History--20th century.
Government, Resistance to.
Political persecution--Cuba--History--20th century.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Documentary television programs.
Motion pictures, Czechoslovakian.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (29 min.) : sound, color with black and white seq. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([5] pages : illustrations ; 12 cm)
Other Title:
Added title on container: Voces de la isla de la libertad
Title on container: Voices from the island of the freedom
Originally produced with the title: Hlasy z ostrova svobody
Place of Publication:
[Praha?] : [Člověk v tísni-Společnost při ČT?], [2006?]
Language Note:
In Spanish; optional English subtitles; Václav Havel's introduction in Czech with English or Spanish subtitles; accompanying booklet in English and Spanish.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1.
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
Using archival video clips and first-hand accounts from political prisoners and their families, this documentary reveals a number of human rights violations quietly taking place in Cuba. Freedom from oppression is discussed at length by the various interviewees.
Credits:
Photography, Pawel Kowalski; editor, Petr Pauer.
Notes:
Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced for television in 2001.
Special feature: a greeting from Václav Havel in support of political prisoners.
OCLC:
143309729

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