University Square: Romania
Presentation of the one-month long rally in the University Place of Bucharest, Romania, where students and others demonstrated against the neo-communist government who had taken power after the toppli…
University Square: Romania
Presentation of the one-month long rally in the University Place of Bucharest, Romania, where students and others demonstrated against the neo-communist government who had taken power after the toppling of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The film also shows the brutal repression of the rally by the government. —Anonymous The documentary examines the violent repression of anti-communist demonstrators in Piata Universitatii, in downtown Bucharest, June 13-15 1991, by the police and the miners from Valea Jiului. The director, who was himself among the demonstrators, recounts the events with rare images, many of them from amateur cameras, creating a story dramatically different from the official TVR version (TVR is the national television). The end of the movies includes footage from foreign news bulletins. —Adrian Gradinaru
University Square: Romania
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Presentation of the one-month long rally in the University Place of Bucharest, Romania, where students and others demonstrated against the neo-communist government who had taken power after the toppling of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The film also shows the brutal repression of the rally by the government. —Anonymous The documentary examines the violent repression of anti-communist demonstrators in Piata Universitatii, in downtown Bucharest, June 13-15 1991, by the police and the miners from Valea Jiului.
The director, who was himself among the demonstrators, recounts the events with rare images, many of them from amateur cameras, creating a story dramatically different from the official TVR version (TVR is the national television). The end of the movies includes footage from foreign news bulletins. —Adrian Gradinaru.