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The first concert in Poland from both YOKO ONO and Thurston Moore will be at at the concert celebrating of the 35th anniversary of the famous American record label Varèse Sarabande. This is one of the most spectacular events taking place at this year’s TRANSLATLANTYK FESTIVAL POZNAN 2013. The international film and music festival, which was inaugurated by the composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, will take place from 2nd to 9th August this year in Poznan and the Rozbitek Institute, which is in Greater Poland in the village Rozbitek, in the municipality of Kwilcz.

How could one man have such an impact on the modern world? Walesa is an attempt at capturing the metamorphosis of a simple man – from an electric technician at the Gdansk shipyard who fought for labour rights to a charismatic leader who awoke the desire for freedom in millions of people and led to changes that exceeded their wildest dreams.