denny Ethnic & National book

Purchase: www.der.org This film is about an ethnic group of Czechs which settled over a hundred and fifty years ago in the hills not far from Timisoara. Director Jana Sevikova employs a complex structure of composition, as the film depicts the social aspects of this small enclave foreign to Romania, its history as well as the moral depth of the people. Isolated from a foreign world this community has kept its language, culture and also a feeling for national identity. The film contains the testimonies of individuals and a few essential historical facts, and reminds us of life values which have long disappeared and only exceptionally are they found today. a film by Jana Sevikova distributed by Documentary Educational Resources