Town of glory / First Hand Films ; directed by Dmitry Bogolubov ; written by Dmitry Bogolubov, Anna Shishova-Bogolubova ; produced by Vlad Ketkovich [and 3 others] ; a film produced by Ethnofund [and 3 others] in coproduction with ZDF in association with Arte.

[Zürich, Switzerland] : [Distributed by] First Hand Films, [2020]

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Filmed over the course of three years, this film introduces Western viewers to the small and prototypical provincial Russian town of Yelnya where people admire Vladimir Putin for making Russia great again. Yelnya has remained economically marginalized ever since the Soviet Union collapsed. But people have regained pride. They believe that president Putin is bringing back glory and power to the Russian nation. Not many object to the constant propaganda claims that fascism is threatening once again from the US and Europe, and that Russia must stand ready to defend itself.

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English; Russian

October 09, 2020

Cinematography, Dmitry Bogolubov ; editing, Phil Jandaly.

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