Event

The Priest + Emigrants 81

THE PRIEST (KSIADZ)
DOCUMENTARY
2016, 54 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
dir. MARIA DLUZEWSKA

A documentary based on never used before archive materials from IPN, protocols by historians and journalists investigating the circumstances of the death of priest Jerzy Popieluszko, in October 1984 year.

EMIGRANTS 81 (EMIGRANCI '81)
DOCUMENTARY
2015, 52 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
dir. NINA MAKOWIECKA, BARBARA ROGALSKA

Political emigration of 80s. People who after the declaration of martial law on December 13, 1981 were accidentally or deliberately in exile. After Round Table negotiations and the election on 4 June 1989 they returned, some immediately, others a little later, and with all enthusiastically joined in the work for the country. The film's characters talk about why they were in exile, about their life and work, also political. But above all, they talk about the decision to return to the country. If they are satisfied with this choice, what country they liked, and what disappointed them, how they organized new life in professional and personal ways.