{"id":30553,"date":"2019-10-01T15:52:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T13:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/looks.film\/?p=30553"},"modified":"2025-02-17T12:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:03:23","slug":"solidarnosc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/looks.film\/en\/solidarnosc\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidarnosc. 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The vehement workers\u2019 movement, banned at the time, leads to Poland\u2019s first independent trade union, Solidarno\u015b\u0107. It opposes the communist regime, right up until its representatives at the 1989 round table create a new Poland. Supporters of Solidarno\u015b\u0107 and contemporary witnesses have their say.<\/p>\n<div class=\"node--txt\">\n<p>The People\u2019s Republic of Poland is one of the elite countries in the Soviet Union. When the Polish people increasingly deviate from communist policies and declare their dissatisfaction, a power struggle with the state begins. Encouraged by a visit from the first Polish pope, John Paul II, workers at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk break the law in the summer of 1980 and call a strike. This documentary looks at how the first independent trade union emerged from this banned workers\u2019 movement and opposed the communist regime: Solidarno\u015b\u0107<\/p>\n<p>Supported by the Catholic Church and opposition intellectuals, the movement is fighting for the rights of economically troubled workers. Fearing a loss of control, the Polish government has its citizens watched and filmed every step of the way. Solidarno\u015b\u0107, on the other hand, is seeking help from documentary filmmakers and international journalists. Ideologies collide as the images compete. But solidarity wins out \u2013 because the whole world is looking to Gdansk, the ruling party is forced for the first time to give in to workers\u2019 demands. Even the proclamation of martial law can no longer stop change in Poland. Solidarno\u015b\u0107 continues to work underground and returns to the political stage in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>We hear from Solidarno\u015b\u0107 supporters, cameramen and contemporary witnesses, as well as from famous Polish director Agnieszka Holland and a former party member. Basil Kerski, director of the European Solidarno\u015b\u0107 Centre in Gdansk, recounts Polish history from today\u2019s perspective, a history that would change Europe forever. Because what happened in the fall of 1989 in the GDR are just the brilliant finale of a grassroots revolution, culminating in the fall of the Berlin Wall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591365217387{padding-right: 70px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Press<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/culture\/article\/2019\/11\/09\/la-chute-du-mur-de-berlin-et-son-impact-en-six-podcasts-et-deux-replays_6018560_3246.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>&#8220;<u>[&#8230;] rich in unique images and unheard eyewitness accounts [&#8230;]<\/u>&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>Le Monde<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Distribution<\/strong><br \/>\nBettina Offermann<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:distribution@looks.film\"><u>distribution@looks.film<\/u><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Executive Producer<\/strong><br \/>\nGunnar Dedio | LOOKSfilm<\/p>\n<p><strong>A co-production by<\/strong><br \/>\nLOOKSfilm, NDR\/Arte<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author &amp; Director<\/strong><br \/>\nAnia Szczepanska<\/p>\n<p><strong>Creative Producer<\/strong><br \/>\nChristin Schutta[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221;][vc_column disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592213589533{padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #7f929e;\">Photo <span class=\"st\">\u00a9<\/span> Micha\u0142 Bukojemski<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,203,202,196],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Solidarnosc. 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