Ferrari Dino Girl, Jan Nemec (Czech Republic, 2009)

(Holka Ferrari Dino). Nemec returns to the Prague Spring and his own Oratorio for Praguewith this oblique look at memory, love, and politics. Speaking over and interrupting footage from his remarkable 1969 documentary, Nemec inserts the personal into the political, describing his own actions and thwarted love affairs as Soviet tanks moved to occupy his nation. Here, history is not only the fall of governments and military actions, but a woman, the men who love her, and a desperate dash across the border to keep the documentary footage from being destroyed to ensure the world sees the invasion. Nemec’s love affair may have faded, but his pictures remain. 

—Jason Sanders

• Written by Nemec. Photographed by Jiri Maxa. With Karel Roden, Jan Budar, Tammy Sunquist, Nemec. (68 mins, In Czech with English subtitles, Color, DigiBeta)

Followed by a free screening of Golden Sixties: Jan Nemec (Zlata sedesata: Jan Nemec ) (Martin Sulik, Czech Republic, 2011). Helmed by renowned filmmaker Martin Sulik, Golden Sixties was a multipart television series spotlighting key figures of the Czechoslovak New Wave. This episode profiles the great nonconformist Nemec. (58 mins, In Czech with English subtitles, Color/B&W, DigiBeta)

Total running time: 126 mins