Overview

• Director Martin Groß received the Vision 97 special award on Thursday at the 62nd Goldenes Prag television festival.
• The foundation, established in 1998 by Václav Havel and Dagmar Havlová, commended the documentary for showing how people counter extremism with democratic tools, mutual support, culture, art.
• The film chronicles Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer’s village festival “Jamel rockt den Förster,” launched to push back against far-right influence in Jamel, Mecklenburg.
• Performances by Die Toten Hosen, Die Ärzte, Die Fantastischen Vier, Kraftklub helped elevate the festival’s profile nationwide.
• Produced by Labo M for ARD Kultur, NDR, SWR, BR, RBB, the documentary is available in the ARD Mediathek.