Petar 'Peca' Popović

Movies

Marshal Is Dead or How Rock 'n' Roll Killed Yugoslavia
Himself
The birth of a new culture and generation that will change a one country forever and break the cult of personality such as Marshal Tito. Popular culture, rock music and other western frenzies during the Tito era in former Yugoslavia. And and the story of a rock concert that shows how serious and radical changes are taking place in Yugoslavia.
Trapped Time
Himself
Petar Peca Popović is one of the greatest, most famous, most authoritative and for sure, the best, connoisseur of Rock and Roll in the former Yugoslavia. He promoted Rock and Roll in those heroic times. We are going on a peculiar kind of trip with him, along an "emotional homeland", of ex-Yu, "searching for the lost times" and dear friends, the most significant representatives of this culture - rock'n'roll legends.
Life as a Collection of Circles
Director
Documentary film "Life as a Collection of Circles" is about Sreten Stefanovic; falconer, champion, Olympic player, true amateur, pedagogue, 20th century witness and the oldest Apple computer user in Serbia.
Lost Button
Himself
A documentary about Goran Ivandic 'Ipe', the drummer of most popular Yugoslav rock band of all time, Sarajevo-based "Bijelo dugme" (White Button). Ivandic's fatal jump from the balcony of hotel Metropol in Belgrade in 1994 sparked much controversy around his fate.
Persistent Invocation of Angels
Himself
Stories About Bora Djordjevic and Riblja Corba, commercially most successful Serbian rock band.
White Button
Himself
'Bijelo Dugme' was a legendary rock and roll band of the former Yugoslavia that is still enormously popular. The leader of the band was Goran Bregović - today a globally acclaimed composer of film scores and world music. This documentary, full of exciting archival footage, great music and juicy confessions deals with the specific time, culture, friendship and politics of the band, as well as the effect that Western popular culture had on the youth in this vibrant socialist country before it disintegrated.