My Perestroika (2010)

Directed by

Michael Davis

Genre

documentary film

Country

Russia, United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Five ordinary Russians talk about growing up in the USSR, how its collapse changed their lives, and what their country feels like today.

intimatereflectivepoignantpersonalobservationalcontemplativeearthynostalgic

What happens

My Perestroika is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Robin Hessman. It examines life during and after the USSR through the personal stories of five ordinary Russians, who speak about their Soviet childhood, the collapse of the USSR, and contemporary Russia. The film premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. In 2011, the documentary was awarded a Peabody Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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