Democracy Noir

”Democracy Noir” is the compelling story of three women, Timea Szabo, one of the very few women serving in the Hungarian Parliament, Nikoletta Antal, a young activist, and Babett Oroszi, a young journalist, confronting the policies and corruption of Hungary’s autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban.  In the past decade we have seen autocracies rise all over the world – Turkey, Belarus, Serbia, and almost in the United States.

Our film reveals an urgent cautionary tale for all democracies: Orban’s relentless work to build an autocratic white Christian state, kept in power through ”democratic” elections. ”Democracy Noir” serves as a warning and a ray of hope: it reveals the undemocratic nature of Orban’s regime and the courage of three women, representing many, who will not acquiesce.

The film is presented as part of the project Cinema as a Laboratory V co-founded by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.