Someone sent me this wonderful documentary and I watched it with the greatest pleasure. It is not often that I have opportunity to watch the latest TV programmes from my homeland, neither I was even searching for them, but this one sounded so interesting that I could not resist. "Svjetla Pozornice" ("Stage Lights") is a seven-episode documentary series chronicling the evolution of Croatian popular culture from 1950 to the present day. Each episode combines documentary footage, archival materials, and vibrant TV studio performances with interviews, offering an engaging portrayal of Croatia’s cultural history. The show is hosted by Željka Ogresta and Dubravko Merlić, who talk to expert interlocutors in the studio and present musical and dance performances related to themes from particular periods.
Since I don't live there anymore, I can only sense the feeling of uneasiness to talk, discuss or even mention the period from 1945-1991 when Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia - to my knowledge this is the very first TV programme that talks about pop culture trough these times and I must say that I was very impressed with seriousness, professionalism and objectivity both Ogresta and her husband presented here. They weaved a very interesting story, explaining how the homegrown popular culture in Croatia changed and metamorphosed trough the decades - Film, Radio, TV, popular music, sport, etc - it was all mentioned here and I enjoyed it so much that I could watch it all over again. Naturally, I enjoyed the episodes about 1970s and 1980s the most, since this is a time period I can remember myself. The episode about 1990s was as expected somber because this was a war time, however I still need to see the very last episode that deals with a new millennium. Excellent!
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