Vojta LaviĆka: nahoru a dolŮ

Vojta Lavićka, a Rom, is a musician, journalist and activist for the rights of his people. The Czech director Helena Třeštíková has followed him for sixteen years, documenting his successful performances as violinist for the band Gipsy.cz, as well as his work for Romany media in the Czech Republic. Alongside his professional activities and assertion of his own identity the film portrays the highs and lows of his complex private life and offers up a complex, multifaceted portrait of the life and times of Roma in contemporary Czech Republic.