Czarna Madonna (2006)

AA sort of sound-visual journey in the streets and in the interiors of the Polish town of Walbrzych, a maze of lanes and palaces black of soot, eroded by time and stillness, theatre of ghosts (the inhabitants) wandering aimlessly. Grey alleys and timeless courtyards, faces showing signs of poorness and alcohol, a stadium ? once the boast of the town ? transformed into ruins and a race-course for Sunday car raids. On the opposite side, in the main church, an army of priests in uniform celebrate the catholic mass in pomp of colours, the colours of power. They celebrate the Black Madonna (Czarna Madonna), on the rhythm of the homonym song, a popular Polish hymn, re-arranged as a pop song and interpreted by one of the priests in a surrealistic tv-recital atmosphere.