My perestroika / directed and filmed by Robin Hessman ; produced by Robin Hessman, Rachel Wexler ; Red Square Productions presents ; a co-production of Bungalow Town Productions and ITVS International ; in association with YLE Jenny Westergård and American Documentary/POV.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
Russian
Published/​Created
  • [New York] : Docurama, [2012]
  • [New York] Distributed by New Video.
  • ©2012
Description
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

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    4 3/4 in.
    Summary note
    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.
    Notes
    Originally produced in 2010.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Editors, Alla Kovgan, Garret Savage ; composer, Lev (Ljova) Zhurbin.
    System details
    DVD, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 2.0 Dolby Digital, NTSC.
    Rights and reproductions note
    For educational use only.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Featuring Olga Durikova, Boris (Borya) Meyerson, Lyubov (Lyuba) Meyerson, Mark Meyerson, Ruslan Stupin, Andrei Yevgrafov.
    Language note
    In Russian with English subtitles.
    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.
    Other title(s)
    POV (Television program)
    Subtitle on container
    • Nation's history is personal
    ISBN
    • 9780615409658
    • 0615409652
    • 9781422918722
    • 1422918726
    Publisher no.
    NNVG269191
    OCLC
    746938612
    Universal Product Code
    • 767685269190
    • 798304158076
    Gtin-14
    • 00767685269190
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