LETY. Documentary film

Pro­duced by Romea, o.p.s.

Fran­tišek Bikár, Vio­la Tokárová, Rena­ta Berky­ová, 59 min

Three Roma film-mak­ers depict the efforts of many pro­tag­o­nists to remove a pig farm from the site of the for­mer so-called gyp­sy camp in Lety u Písku, as well as the ongo­ing pub­lic debate about the his­to­ry of the site. The main focus is on the tes­ti­monies of sev­er­al sur­vivors and descen­dants of the per­se­cut­ed Roma, com­piled from the archieves of ROMEA TV and Czech Tele­vi­sion, sup­ple­ment­ed by events record­ed over the past two years. An inte­gral part of the doc­u­men­tary are inter­views with those involved in the efforts to remove the pig farm since the Vel­vet Rev­o­lu­tion. The film’s chief pro­tag­o­nist is the Roma activist Čeněk Růžič­ka, who has ded­i­cat­ed much of his life to the fight to remove the pig farm. His moth­er, who lost her first-born daugh­ter in Lety, was impris­oned in the camp.

The film received a spe­cial award from the artis­tic direc­tor of the Ake Dike Inter­na­tion­al Roma Film Festival.