I Honor the Grandmother Under the Root, Says the Creator of the Film Based on the Most Bizarre Czech Television Report

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Thirteen years ago, a report by Nova TV about a group of drunks and their friend Zdena Novotná trapped in the roots of a tree (which subsequently led to the creation of an Internet meme called Granny under the Root) entertained the entire country. Amateur director and screenwriter David Paškevič developed it into a feature film Root Prisoner, which will premiere on June 5 at his festival of the worst films Inside Out in the Gabriel Loci space in…