How was skateboarding in the Czechoslovakia of the `80s? And how was it to use unexpected tricks to find money? On November 4 and 5, the Czech Centre invites you to two special screenings in the Documentary Mondays program and the Fiction Tuesdays one:
King Skate and
Run, Waiter, Run!
The new film screenings started at the Czech Centre and the viewers who love Czech documentaries and fiction feature films are expected to come on Monday and Tuesday evenings, starting with 20:00, for something new – and a Czech beer, of course.
On November 4, the Czech Centre hall turns into a skateboarding rink – not a real one, unfortunately, but an imaginary one, for sure, because the documentary
King Skate will take you to a totally unexpected world. In Czechoslovakia a very strong community of skaters existed; they were all young and full of life and with a strong desire of freedom, who against all obstacles, succeeded in building – literally and figuratively – a free world inside a less free one.
The documentary shows the story of skateboarding lovers in the Czechoslovakia of the `70s and the `80s, bringing into discussion social and political aspects, but also the crazy enthusiasm the skaters had back then. The viewer is transported to the world of the young rebels from behind the Iron Curtain, by means of personal archive footage, recent interviews with the
skaters and the TV reports from back then, al against a punk soundtrack.
The protagonists of the documentary King Skate, pioneers of the Czechoslovakian skateboarding remember the `70s and the `80s, during which they had bult their own world freed from socialism, with parties, adrenaline, skate boards and diy ramps, competitions and everything that was banned by the system.
On Tuesday it`s Fiction Tuesdays and it`s comedy night, so who wouldn`t want to see a Czech comedy? The main character of
Run, Waiter, Run! is Vrana, a poor bookshop owner who desperately needs money. His weakness for women left him with three failed marriages and with three children he cannot support financially. But one day, something strange happens: at a restaurant, one drunk client mistakes him for a waiter and offers him money, which gives Vrana something to think about. Letting himself get carried away, he becomes a unique charlatan – pretending to be a waiter, he starts collecting money from unsuspecting clients, which leads to all kinds of unexpected situations.
If you have been to the Czech Centre until now, you already know that the Czech beer is on the house, that the access is free and that the screenings start at 20:00.
Details:
Documentary Mondays //
Fiction Tuesdays