Chronicle of a Happy Childhood: How to Grow Up Happily?

synopsis

Adolescents' search for their own identity and defining themselves in relation to the older generation, which persisted throughout the twentieth century, took various forms. In the final installment of the series, we learn who were the grebes, the crawlers, the hairies, and the punks. We'll take a look at dance halls, parties and discos, and find out why Czechoslovakia never introduced systematic sex education in schools.

How to give birth, raise and educate a child to be happy and satisfied? A question that contemporary parents are asking themselves, but that their parents and grandparents were also facing. This five-part documentary series by the trio of directors Kateřina Kořínková Sobotková, Šarka Loukotová and Adela Klingohrová loosely follows the successful Chronicle of Orgasm, which was screened at the Jihlava Festival in 2022. Take an entertaining excursion into the history of Czechoslovakia through the perspective of children, teenagers and their parents, using a rich television and film archive that eloquently reflects the attitudes of society at different times. All episodes of the docuseries are available for viewing on iVysílání.cz.

biography

Kateřina Kořínková Sobotková has made documentaries for ČT such as Floral Globalization or Landscape of Logistics Halls. She is the author of the documentary series Chronicle of Orgasm for iBroadcast. She has also worked as a director and writer with Czech online platforms and TV Nova.

more about film

director:	Kateřina Kořínková Sobotková
producer:	Veronika Slámová
script:	Kateřina Kořínková Sobotková
photography:	Tomáš Šťastný

contact

Veronika Slámová / Česká televize
Veronika.Slamova@ceskatelevize.cz