Summary My Perestroika 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 disillusi...

Directed By: Robin Hessman

My Perestroika

Name: My Perestroika
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Family, History, News
Released: 2011-03-23
Duration: 1 min 28 s
Rating: 90

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 9 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings

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Directed By: Robin Hessman

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Apr 29, 2011

100

San Francisco Chronicle

It not only evocatively captures the Russian spirit and the yearnings of a generation, but it also masterfully chronicles the historic collapse of the Soviet Union and its complex aftermath.

By David Lewis FULL REVIEW

Apr 7, 2011

100

Boston Globe

Offers a surprising and revealing look at Russia's past and present.

By Loren King FULL REVIEW

Mar 22, 2011

100

The New York Times

My Perestroika gives you a privileged sense of learning the history of a place not from a book but from the people who lived it. Watching it is a little like attending a party in an unfamiliar city and discovering the place's secrets from the guests.

By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

Apr 16, 2011

Christian Science Monitor

The openness of these people is often astonishing – and a sign of hope.

By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW

Mar 24, 2011

The A.V. Club

My Perestroika is fairly foursquare as documentary filmmaking goes; it isn't stylistically snazzy, nor doggedly vérité. Its closest kin in the genre is Michael Apted's "Up" films, which are similarly focused on how people change over time.

By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

Mar 22, 2011

Village Voice

The subjects, plainspoken and insightful, attempt to extract the objective lessons of the political past from their subjective fortunes. This struggling to untie the personal-political knot makes for compelling oral history.

By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW

Dec 1, 2011

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Essentially agenda-free, My Perestroika has the quality of a candid conversation with long-lost cousins from another country.

By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW

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Apr 8, 2011

IrinaAvtsin

The film is a must see for everybody, who has any connection or interest in Russia and Russians. It is as simple is that - if you are trying to better understand your Russian friend, colleague, business partner and you ever wonder "why?" and "how?" about their way of thinking and behavior - you will get some answers. Unique combination of compassion and non judgmental objectivity are the corner stones of this masterpiece.

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Production Company

Red Square Productions
Bungalow Town Productions

Release Date Mar 23, 2011

Duration 1 h 28 m

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Website http://myperestroika.com/

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Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Sundance Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Satellite Awards

• 1 Nomination

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