Underplayed Gems

A Lesson of Belarusian (2006)

A Lesson of Belarusian poster
Original title
Lekcja białoruskiego
Directed by
Miroslaw Dembinski
Genre
documentary film
Country
Belarus
Runtime
53 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows young pro-democracy activists in Belarus during the weeks before a disputed presidential election. It shows their daily activities and the tense atmosphere surrounding them.

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What happens

A Lesson of Belarusian (Polish: Lekcja białoruskiego) is a 2006 documentary by Polish director Mirosław Dembiński. It follows the activities of several Belarusian pro-democracy youth activists in the four weeks running up to the highly controversial presidential re-election of Alexander Lukashenko on March 19, 2006. The film has won multiple festival prizes. In 2008, a CD-disk with a film and some other disks became the first informational products that a court in Belarus recognized as extremist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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