Activity Type:
Film
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Date:
Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 14:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Contact Email:
global@pitt.edu
Cost:
Free
A documentary on the transformation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky - from a perfect socialist to a perfect capitalist and finally, in a Siberian prison, becoming a perfect martyr. Khodorkovky - the richest Russian, challenges President Putin. A fight of the titans begins. Putin warns him. But Khodorkovsky comes back to Russia - knowing that he will be imprisoned, once he returns. Why didn't Khodorkovsky stay in Exile with a couple of billions? Why did he come back? Why did he do that? A personal journey to Khodorkovsky. (Filmed, directed and produced by Cyril Tuschi; Duration : 111 min)
UCIS Unit:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
Film Studies Program
World Regions:
Russia/Eastern Europe