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ART OF DISAPPEARING / SZTUKA ZNIKANIA

ART OF DISAPPEARING

director: Bartek Konopka, Piotr Rosołowski

runtime: 90

production: Otter Films

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An unknown story of a Haitian vodou priest, Amon, who visited the People's Republic of Poland  in 1980 with a group of Haitians invited by the theatre of Jerzy Grotowski. Here, his Polish roots were reborn. His ancestors, Polish legionaries, took part in liberating Haiti from slavery 200 years before. Amon feels that he should pay his debt and do something for his second fatherland so he decides to stay in Poland. All is leading to martial law and Amon tries to change the course of history. He sees that general Jaruzelski is possessed by Baron Samedi - a bad daemon that causes stiffness, eye congestion and the necessity to wear sunglasses. In December 1981 Amon conducts a vodou ceremony to take the spell off the general, free his soul and stop the Soviet tanks... A surprising view on socialism through the eyes of a stranger form a different culture.
Bartek Konopka »


Born in 1972 in Myślenice. He obtained degrees in Film Studies from the JagiellonianUniversity, Journalism from WarsawUniversity and Film Directing from the Radio and Television Department of the Silesia University in Katowice. He has made the following documentaries Niebo nad Europą (2003), Goat Walker (2004) and a fiction film entitled Three for the Taking (2006). His films have won awards at festivals in New York, Seattle, Brest, Wrocław and many others. He has received a nomination to Polityka’s Passport, an award of ‘Polityka’ weekly, and a scholarship of the Culture Minister for his artistic achievements as well as the Nipkow Scholarship in Berlin.

 


 
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