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Cinema Againts Power
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Documentary
Overview
There was an undeclared war for nearly half a century in Bulgaria between the then government and the majority of democratic-minded filmmakers during the Communist regime. Paradoxically, most of the banned or censored out movies were made by members of the Communist Party, believers in their party's ideas and justice. The Communist Party aesthetics against the freedom to tell truth.
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Runtime
55 min
Release Date
2017-05-12
Status
Released
Original Language
Bulgarian
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Cast
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Anri Kulev
Himself
Ingeborg Bratoeva
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Deyan Statulov
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Ivan Nitchev
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