Vojta Lavička: Nahoru a Dolů

Longitudinal documentary film shot over the past 16 years. The main protagonist is Roma musician and activist Vojta Lavička. Vojta is a master violin player, who focuses not only on music but also deals with problems for his Roma ethnic group. Vojta is very active in the media – he worked on the national radio and television, he worked for the NGO that organizes street work in Romani ghettos around the Czech Republic. Vojta also worked as a social worker. All in all we can watch him struggling with the main topic of his life – his ethnic minority and problems caused by living next to the Czech majority. Aside from this the film explores Vojta’s private life and his struggle to be a good musician and a good man.