CZ

2011

57 min

In production

My Great-Grandfather Genghis Khan

Můj pradědeček Čingischán

Directing: Pavla Frýdlová

Synopsis

The documentary illustrates the fact given by the location of the Czech territory as well as the historical turn of events, i.e. that in most Czech families, there is an ancestor who came from elsewhere, belonged to another ethnicity, another culture, spoke another language and looked completely different. Thus the documentary holds up a mirror to the growing nationalism, which often hides behind the term of patriotism, relativizing slogans such as "Czechia to Czechs" etc. On the example of several personalities, the film proves that the mixing of genes is often important for various talents and character features, enriching not only individual lives but the whole nation as well.
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