The True Way Out

<p>The time: 1990s. The place: Prague's ��i��kov district. A neighbourhood where hopelessness drugs alcohol and fights are the everyday normal. Growing up in the local Roma community means you are destined to be just another misfit. However the story of journalist Patrik Banga is strikingly different. It captures his life's journey from the Roma quarter to becoming a journalist in the Czech media. In a raw and very open style it depicts the reality of a teenage boy who encounters rejection criminalization racism and police brutality at an early age. And he's looking for a real way out.</p><p>Patrik Banga is a journalist musician and IT entrepreneur. Since 2007 he has worked in the newsroom of iDNES.cz a news portal. He has also worked as a reporter for Czech Television's flagship evening news programme. He is one of the makers of the documentary film <em>The Ghetto as a System / Ghetto jako syst��m</em> (2012). His blog attracts over one million visitors. In 2022 he published his first book <em>Skute��n�� cesta ven</em>.</p>