Lekcja Bialoruskiego

Franek Viacorka introduces himself in voice-over, accompanied by black-and-white images. He was born in Belarus in 1988, three years before the Soviet Union collapsed. In 2004 the anti-nationalist and dictatorial Aleksandr Lukashenko took the helm of the country. Franek‘s father established a nationalist lyceum that was forced shut in 2001, an event that was captured on film. Next, the picture turns to colour and it is 2006. Franek is now a political activist. He and his friends film all their acts of resistance, which are incorporated in the fast-paced montage of the documentary. The young activists‘ enthusiasm gives the documentary a hopeful, sometimes even cheerful air, but always against the background of impending arrests.