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Thirty years ago, Czechoslovak grief over a devastated landscape and lack of care for the environment was one of the forces propelling the Velvet Revolution. Soon after, the country took a deep breath of not only freedom but also cleaner air. Three decades later, however, grief over the climate situation is growing, clashing with ignorance and again becoming a source of rebellion. Andrea Culková’s new documentary Grief (Žal žen), which will premiere at this years’ One World Festival in Prague (March 5-14th), brings audiences into this new, largely female led rebellion, eschewing the statistics and degrees of Celsius to instead discuss emotions and how environmental crisis-induced anxiety is producing activists across the country. TRAILER LINK: https://vimeo.com/389504096 The film is beingContinue Reading

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Many of us who watch American politics are closely following the Democratic primary currently being contested, eagerly waiting to see which candidate will take on the task of defeating Donald Trump in the US general election this November. Regardless of the election’s global significance, non-US citizens living in Czechia (full disclosure, I’m Canadian) can only sit back and watch as Americans choose the next leader of the ‘free world’. But that’s not the case for Americans living here. Not only are US citizens living overseas able to vote in all the various US elections, when it comes to Democrats, they are also able to participate in the exciting primary process. Next week, those Americans will get their chance to goContinue Reading