"Most Romani people take humiliation as part of their lives," Pongo says of the reasons he and his family left for the United Kingdom 15 years ago. As a truck driver, he lives a happy life here with his wife and children. However, prejudice and discrimination against Romani people do not leave him in peace.
Štefan Pongo's activism began in 2018, when he challenged Roma*s on social media to post photos of themselves at work. He was responding to President Miloš Zeman's racist statements that the vast majority of Roma people do not work. Thousands of people responded to Pong's call at the time. From behind the wheel, he has since organized a demonstration in Brussels, delivered humanitarian aid to settlements in eastern Slovakia, and filmed video blogs in which he aptly named topics related to the Romani ethnic group. The documentary captures Pong's tireless enthusiasm as well as his clashes with his temperamental wife, who had her own ideas about the compatibility of her husband's activities with family life.
