Pupek nebe

I don't want to be navel of the Earth./ Earth has navels galore, it doesn'tneed me. / I want to be the sky'snavel. / An air pocket, a black hole's /the role for me. / There is morefreedom / and more liberty / there.(Viktar Zybul).The shortest way to the navel of thesky is from the highest spot in Minsk,Belarus, located 300 metres abovesea level. Just a few kilometres awaylies the Independence Square wherein December 2010, the police beatprotesters who took to the streets tocriticize the manipulated presidentialelection. Uladzimir Niaklajeu, the mostfamous Belarusian poet, was amongthe candidates. He was beaten up andlater placed under house arrest. Thisfilm is about the extraordinarily richand vigorous Belarusian poetry andabout the Russian-speaking President.It examines the metaphors ofBelarusian poetry that is survivingon the periphery of capitalism. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)