Directed by Maciej J. Drygas • Documentary • 2002 • 58 minutes
The film traces how Radio Free Europe’s broadcasts — heard by parents and their children alike despite government jamming — became a source of truth and inspiration under Poland’s communist regime. For listeners, tuning into RFE was not just a way to hear uncensored news but a private form of protest and psychological resistance against totalitarian information control. By combining interviews, archival radio material, and the stories of those who both tuned in and tried to block the signal, Voice of Hope reveals how the airwaves became a frontline in the struggle for freedom and hope.
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State of Weightlessness
Directed by Maciej J. Drygas • Documentary • 1994 • 60 minutes
State of Weightlessness is a documentary that uses long-duration Soviet space missions as a lens through which to examine the psychological and historical dislocation of the late Cold War period. Drawing on rare audio recordings from...
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Abu Haraz
Directed by Maciej J. Drygas • Documentary • 2013 • 75 minutes
Abu Haraz is set in a small village in northern Sudan, where life has followed the same natural rhythms for a thousand years. But everything changes when a huge dam is built on the Nile, threatening to flood the land and submerge the...
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Finally Got the News
Directed by Stewart Bird, Rene Lichtman and Peter Gessner • Documentary • 1970 • 55 minutes
FINALLY GOT THE NEWS is a forceful, unique documentary that reveals the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside the auto factories of Detroit. Through interviews with th...
