Daily Archives: December 30, 2025

Roma have long been portrayed in limited and stereotypical roles in Czech media and film – as victims, perpetrators or caricatures. Alica Sigmund Heráková, founder of the Tuke.TV platform and the TUKINO film festival, talks about why authentic Roma stories, Roma authors and diverse characters are missing in audiovisual media in the new episode of the SODAcast podcast.

• SODAcast #16, Alica Sigmund Heráková: Ve filmu a v televizi chybí skutečné romské příběhy, Romové nejsou jen oběti nebo pachatelé. In: Romea. 29.12.2025. https://romea.cz/cz/domaci/sodacast-16-alica-sigmund-herakova-ve-filmu-a-v-televizi-chybi-skutecne-romske-pribehy-romove-nejsou-jen-obeti-nebo-pachatele#google_vignette
• https://youtu.be/V3yPkIgt-wo

An Interview with the director of the Czech Museum of Roma Culture Jana Horváthová. She was asked what issues from her own family did she have to deal with?

“Throughout my childhood and youth, I considered my Roma origin to be a kind of mark of Cain,” she says.

• Ředitelka Muzea romské kultury Jana Horváthová. S jakými dramaty z vlastní rodiny se musela vyrovnat? In Dvoika Rozhlas. 27.12.2025. https://dvojka.rozhlas.cz/reditelka-muzea-romske-kultury-jana-horvathova-s-jakymi-dramaty-z-vlastni-rodiny-9585261