Russian Feminism: Twenty Years Forward
Written and produced by Beth Holmgren. Directed by Igor Sopronenko
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The story of modern Russian feminism and Russian women's studies
This 35-minute DVD portrays how Russians and Americans collaborated in
reviving women's activism in the USSR and post-Soviet Russia and in
creating Russian women's studies on both sides of the ocean. The film is
based on interviews with 18 experts who were engaged in this project,
including activists and scholars. Participants assess the project's
successes and failures since the days of glasnost and discuss the stiff
challenges that Russian feminists face in the Putin-Medvedev era. An
accompanying booklet with a short summary of Russian women's history
contextualizes the film.
Beth Holmgren is Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Duke
University. She is author of Women's Work in Stalin's Time (IUP, 1993);
editor (with Helena Goscilo) of Russia, Women, Culture (IUP, 1996); and
translator and editor (with Helena Goscilo) of Keys to Happiness by
Anastasya Verbitskaya (IUP, 1999).
Igor Sopronenko is a documentary film director and videographer who
moved to the United States from Russia in 1992. Currently based in
Lexington, Kentucky, he has received awards for his films in the United
States (The Humanities: The Heart of It All) and in Russia (Salt of the
Earth).
Distribution: World
Publication date: 8/11/2009
Format: DVD
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-35431-0
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