Imagined as a city of the future during the Soviet era, the once-celebrated manganese-mining town of Chiatura in Georgia is now all but abandoned, crumbling around those who still inhabit it. And yet, as anywhere, people live their lives and go about their daily business. There is joy here, and there are the usual challenges. Rati Oneli’s _City of the Sun_ takes us on a languorous tour of this ...
Anna Eborn follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Transnistria, a country where the shadow of the Soviet legacy still looms menacingly. A meticulous, sensual portrait of a desire for hope and a better future, in a world where every day is a new challenge.
Lida is 81 years old and lives in a dying Swedish settlement in Eastern Ukraine. While she and her little sister Maria were in a Soviet labor camp in Siberia in the 50s, Lida gave birth to her son Arvid. She has not seen Arvid since 1976, who now lives in St.Petersburg. Maria has, since their release from the camp, stayed in Siberia. The two sisters haven’t seen each other since. Lida and Maria...
Imagined as a city of the future during the Soviet era, the once-celebrated manganese-mining town of Chiatura in Georgia is now all but abandoned, crumbling around those who still inhabit it. And yet, as anywhere, people live their lives and go about their daily business. There is joy here, and there are the usual challenges. Rati Oneli’s _City of the Sun_ takes us on a languorous tour of this ...
Anna Eborn follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Transnistria, a country where the shadow of the Soviet legacy still looms menacingly. A meticulous, sensual portrait of a desire for hope and a better future, in a world where every day is a new challenge.
Lida is 81 years old and lives in a dying Swedish settlement in Eastern Ukraine. While she and her little sister Maria were in a Soviet labor camp in Siberia in the 50s, Lida gave birth to her son Arvid. She has not seen Arvid since 1976, who now lives in St.Petersburg. Maria has, since their release from the camp, stayed in Siberia. The two sisters haven’t seen each other since. Lida and Maria...