My perestroika [videorecording] / directed and filmed by Robin Hessman ; produced by Robin Hessman, Rachel Wexler ; a co-production of Red Square Productions, Bungalow Town Productions and ITVS International ; in association with YLE Jenny Westergêard and American Documentary/POV.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Red Square Productions,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Featuring Olga Durikova, Boris (Borya) Meyerson, Lyubov (Lyuba) Meyerson, Mark Meyerson, Ruslan Stupin, Andrei Yevgrafov.
Contents:
Meet the Meyersons -- Happy childhood -- Pioneer memories -- Songs for peace -- Teaching Soviet history -- Our perestroika! -- The party's over -- Swan lake -- The new Russia -- Together, we will win! -- Teaching Soviet history, part II.
Summary:
Follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times, from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia. Together, these childhood classmates paint a complex picture of the dreams and disillusionments of those raised behind the Iron Curtain.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.