Last night, filmmaker Robin Hessman appeared on the PBS NewsHour to talk about her feature-length film, My Perestroika (which premieres on POV next Tuesday, June 28) as part of a series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour.

Watch the interview and an excerpt from the film:

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In My Perestroika, filmmaker Robin Hessman traces the last generation raised in the Soviet Union through the eyes of five Muscovites, from childhoods filled with propaganda to life in the new Russia.
Check your local listings and watch the feature-length film on POV next week.

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