Culture
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The soundtrack to the Velvet Revolution
Today’s programme will be dedicated to the Velvet Revolution which brought down the communist regime in November 1989. The events of November and December 1989 had a very…
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Two dozen towns take part in the first Czech Theater Night
With Museum Night and Church Night having already become a tradition in Prague and some other Czech cities, this weekend the Czech Republic will live through its very…
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New film depicts the rise of ruthless crime bosses in 1990s Czech Republic
Přiběh kmotra (A Godfather’s Story) opened in Czech cinemas last month and has attracted both thriller fans and those who remember the turbulent 1990s, when Czech society…
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Czech opera undergoing revolution, says up-and-coming director Tomáš Pilař
Director Tomáš Pilař is regarded as a coming man in the world of Czech opera. And the 25-year-old is already incredibly busy; this season he is working on more than a…
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Debbi: A bubbly redhead takes on the Czech pop music scene
In this week’s show, we will listen to some music by a young singer named Debbi. She’s put out two albums before turning 20, and captured the attention of Czech, and even…
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Romany writers at home on Facebook
In a recent edition of Czech Books, we spoke to the Romany writer, Irena Eliášová. She mentioned that her novel, November, had been published earlier this year by an…
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“New York Walker in Blizzard” captures beauty of the Big Apple in winter
This week saw the opening of a new exhibition in Prague by respected Czech photographer and filmmaker Martin Froyda entitled “New York Walker in Blizzard”. As the title…
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Exhibitions harking back to the old days
Look at some of the small town exhibitions currently underway and you can’t miss the trend – they all show vintage objects very often made up of stuff people find in their…
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Czech online film sharing startup faces sceptical industry
A new film sharing project that has just been launched in the Czech Republic hopes to become a game-changer in distributing movies on the internet. The project, entitled…
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Šakalí léta – 20 years on
It has been twenty years since the release of the Czech film Šakalí léta, director Jan Hřebejk's debut.
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Intimate Ji.hlava fest major catalyst of thriving Czech documentary scene
The 17th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival has just taken place in the capital of the central Vysočina region. Far and away the most important event of its…
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My Prague Spring: an award-winning documentary about the aftermath of the Velvet Revolution
David Mrazek, is an award winning American writer and film producer. David, whose grandfather was a Czech American émigré, made an award winning documentary film in 1990…
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