Poland, 2011, 105 min., drama

Director:	Antoni Krauze
Screenplay:	Michal Pruski, Miroslaw Piepka
Cinematography:	Jacek Petrycki
Music:	Michal Lorenc
Producer:	Kazimierz Beer, Miroslaw Piepka
Cast	Michal Kowalski, Marta Honzatko, Marta Kalmus, Cezary Rybinski, Wojciech Pszoniak

Awards:
2011 Montreal World Film Festival - FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the World Competition)
2011 Lagow International Film Festival – Silver Grape Award
2011 Gdynia Polish Film Festival – Special Jury Award




A grand, historical docudrama, Black Thursday reconstructs the events surrounding the Gdynia shipyard protests of 1970. On December 17th of that year, the protests led to political actions that mobilized the army to shoot at its own, innocent civilians. The film specifically follows Brunon and Stefania, a young, hardworking married couple whose life gets forever altered that day. Brunon works at the shipyards, his only worry is whether he'll have presents for his family by Christmas. But unbeknownst to him and many other, political factors are at play that will destroy the balance of his simple life. Filmed like a documentary, director Antoni Krauze spectacularly recreates Poland in the 1970s, and demonstrates the frightening effect corrupt politics can have on our everyday lives. A tense, and faithful look at one of Poland's darkest moments in recent history.