There is a kind of filmmaker who trusts that the truth is already out there — buried in basements, sealed in government ...
Aside from the incredible amount of deaths during the Communist dictatorship in the Soviet Union, an often overlooked key ...
“Podnieks on Podnieks” is the story of a phenomenally influential Latvian documentarian who is remembered by relatively few today – but whose work was once seen by over 40 million people in the former ...
When I was an undergrad in film school, one of the pillar courses was a two-semester film history class that would act as a broad survey to give us a foundation as aspiring filmmakers and workers.
It’s rare that we look to Soviet-era cinema to find positive queer representation, but surprisingly enough, one overlooked silent masterpiece is being reassessed for just this reason. Subscribe to our ...
A U.S. Department of Agriculture delegation visits the Soviet Union in 1959 to observe farming practices, mechanization, and agricultural advancements in wheat, livestock, and oilseed crops. Automatic ...
James Lloydovich Patterson, the son of an African American father and a Russian mother who became a celebrated child actor of the Stalinist era for his role in a 1930s propaganda film mythologizing ...