Drums of Resistance

Synopsis

When ex-YU began to fall apart, the Serbian regime banned Kosovar Albanians from participating in public life. Albanian employees across public institutions were fired; Albanian media outlets were closed down; many elementary and high schools were closed to Albanian students; the entire university system was shut down. But a self-organization took place, and it was mostly evident within the education sector. During the 1990s in Kosovo, teaching resumed in private apartments, houses, basements stores. This documentary shows how a parallel society, and reality, was organized. It shows how segregation and apartheid became the norm.

Director Biography

Mathieu Jouffre is a filmmaker, graduating from the visual art school of Lyon. He has made and collaborated on many short movies and documentaries for cinema and television, between France and the Balkans. He has been traveling in this region for a decade, and now he's living and working in Kosovo.