Part of Putin’s Russia: A 21st Century Film Mosaic
Sunday, July 15, 2018, 2:00 p.m.
Museum of the Moving Image - KAS Zukor Theater

North American premiere 

Please note: After purchasing/picking up your ticket at the Museum's front desk, please go to The Zukor Theater at Kaufman Astoria Studios, 34-12 36 St (enter on 35 St, between 34 and 35 Ave).
Dir. Jessica Gorter. 2018, 90 mins. Digital projection. In Russian with English subtitles. More than sixty years after his death, Joseph Stalin remains a lightning rod for Russians. In this deft, inquiring, visually rich documentary, Jessica Gorter visits with numerous contemporary citizens, seniors, students, academics, and activists—some old enough to have been directly affected by the reign of terror, some young enough to question that history—in an attempt to understand how Stalin’s legacy endures in Putin’s Russia. Nostalgic stories of a state flourishing under the Communist ideal contrast with painful memories of hunger, violence and betrayal. Not infrequently, these conflicting views can be found in one and the same person. Gradually, this intriguing film exposes how the Soviet past lives on in current generations, and thus makes its mark on the future.

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