Boková was born in Prague, but left Czechoslovakia in August 1968 to attend a conference of art students in Austria, then emigrated to Paris, France to study at the Sorbonne.
She then lived in the United States where she worked as a photographer for Rolling Stone and other magazines.
[1] In January and February 2020, the Czech Centre in London screened two of Boková's films - Havana (1990) and La Confiteria Ideal: The Tango Salon (2004), followed by a Q&A session with Boková, led respectively by Alan Yentob and Leslie Megahey.
[5] They formed part of what was to have been a three-part season of her films at the centre, with Bye Bye Shanghai set to be the final one shown on 26 March along with a Q&A session with Boková, led by TV director and writer Henrietta Foster.
This filmography is adapted from the Czech wikipedia article Militia Battlefield (1975) Just one more war (1977) Marevna and Marika (1977–78) Living Room (1978) Blue Moon (1980) Quinn Running (1980) Sunset People (1983) An Andalucian Journey (1985) Tango Mio (1985) Hôtel du Paradis (fiction, 1986) Havana (1990) An Argentinian Journey (1992) Bahia of All the Saints (1994) Diario para un cuento (fiction, 1998) Avignon (1999) Mexico (2000) Eric Clapton & Friends (2002) Tango Salon (2004) Bye Bye Shanghai (2008)