My Perestroika
6.4
2010
1h 28m
DocumentaryHistory
Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world of their childhood crumble and change beyond recognition. Through the lives of these former schoolmates, this intimate film reveals how they have adjusted to their post-Soviet reality in today's Moscow.
Key Crew
Director
Robin Hessman
Keywords
uniformsoviet unioncoup d'etattanklittle boychildhoodbell ringingperestroikamikhail gorbachevyoung pioneerfirst day of schoolrussian historycommunismconformityswan lake
