THE FREE UNIVERSITY
synopsis
Imagine waking up as an “enemy of the people.” This was the reality waiting for students and staff of Central European University (CEU) as a coordinated legal and media apparatus began to demonise and eventually criminalise the Hungarian-American institution. The film follows students of CEU as they struggle against their exile by an increasingly authoritarian government. We follow their stories in a backsliding democracy and the consequences of democratic “red lines” being crossed with impunity.
international title: | The Free University |
original title: | Szabad Egyetem |
country: | Hungary |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Jonathan Hunter |
co-director: | Lucie Janotová |
film run: | 55' |
cinematography by: | Jonathan Hunter, Ifra Asad, Lucie Janotová |
film editing: | Jonathan Hunter, Lucie Janotová, Adam Hushedgyi |
producer: | Mackenzie Nelson, Lucie Janotová |
production: | Fahej Productions |