Behind the Lens - My Perestroika
Clip: Season 24 Episode 2 | 18m 17s
Filmmaker Robin Hessman talks about the making of "My Perestroika."
Filmmaker Robin Hessman explains how she came to live in Russia for most of the 1990s and how her time there led her to make "My Perestroika." She describes searching for her subjects and her desire to tell a personal story of the Soviet Union rather than one that could be found in a history textbook.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...
Behind the Lens - My Perestroika
Clip: Season 24 Episode 2 | 18m 17s
Filmmaker Robin Hessman explains how she came to live in Russia for most of the 1990s and how her time there led her to make "My Perestroika." She describes searching for her subjects and her desire to tell a personal story of the Soviet Union rather than one that could be found in a history textbook.
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Clip: S24 Ep2 | 7m 10s | Russians describe the beginning of perestroika. (7m 10s)
My Perestroika: Interview with the Meyersons
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Remembering the 1991 Coup That Failed
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