Blown Around Protestants - a five-part documentary on Czech Television

Already, for more than 13 years I have been driving, with Pastor Petr Brodský, through Eastern Europe to visit fellow countrymen. In the beginning he was with me, later I was with him, but we were always together. He has become a friend for me and a person who has helped me in many ways and has taught me a lot.

Therefore, a year ago I had the idea to make a film about his work, the work of the ECCB, and the work for fellow countrymen; simply a documentary about the Protestant parishes of our fellow countrymen abroad. At that time I did not know what this would encompasses. Until then, I only had collaborated on a few documentaries on Afghanistan and Iran.

After all the permissions had been obtained, after writing a draft and a script, we were finally able to set off in March 2013, during Eastertide, to Veliko Središte (Serbia). Following this we then drove, during the rest of the year, to Bjeliševac (Croatia), Velký Pereg (Romania), Veselynivka, Bohemka and Pervomajsk in Ukraine and, most recently, in October, to Zelow (Poland).
Thanks to the excellent staff and my friend Zdeněk Patočka, a five part series resulted that was named with the significant title “Blown Around Protestants”. Czech television broadcasted it on their second channel on five Sunday afternoons in January and February 2014.

I hope this series brings to you the life and fate of our fellow countrymen in these communities and the work of our "itinerant" preacher closer.

Allow me to thank the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren for their contribution to the filming, since without them this little work would not have been realized.

Petr Kolinský, employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs