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Extraordinary, Raw, Bohemian Humanist Folk Art
I can't believe I'm the first to vote/comment on this extraordinary minimalist docu-narrative which shows a village of expatriated Czechs living in the Roumanian highlands. Director Jana Sevcikova shoots in a rusty brown black and white variously interviewing and observing the folk songs, work, school and religious ceremonies of these isolated salt-of-the-earth peasants. Simple (not meant in a negative way) peasants express proverbial, fatalistic beliefs on God, life and death, Czech literature, repatriation to the Bohemian homeland... Being of third generation Bohemian immigrants to the U.S. myself, this film affected me in a powerful way. I highly recommend it to those interested in raw, humanist folk art of any kind.
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- thenewbohemian
- Nov 6, 2007
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