- Critics Love 'My Perestroika' & So Should You; Now Watch the Film Online For Free
My Perestroika, which premiered last Tuesday night on POV, has been receiving rave reviews. As you meet five former classmates, you'll witness their coming-of age from living sheltered childhoods in the USSR to searching for their places in today's Moscow. Here's a sampling of what some top critics are saying about this important film.
- Viewers Share Cold War Nostalgia After the Broadcast Premiere of My Perestroika on POV Each Friday, we post a selection of viewer comments relating to the week's film. This week, viewers watched My Perestroika, an intimate look at the last generation of Soviet children, and shared their memories of growing up in the Cold War era.
- Next on POV: 'My Perestroika' POV's brand new season is now in full swing with the American broadcast premiere of My Perestroika, an intimate look at the last generation of Soviet children, Tuesday, June 28, 2011, on PBS.
- Upcoming POV Community Screenings POV Community Partners around the country are gearing up for another week of exciting pre-broadcast screenings.
- 'My Perestroika' Featured as Part of The Economist Film Project on PBS NewsHour 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.
- Catch a Sneak Peek of the Upcoming Season of POV! Celebrating its 24th season on PBS in 2011, POV features the work of the best independent documentary filmmakers from America and around the world. This season, POV films examine such diverse topics as the last generation of children to grow up behind the “Iron Curtain” of the USSR, the lives of soldiers before, during and […]
- Upcoming POV Community Screenings On May 26, POV films will be seen on screens from Maine to Michigan to California. Our partners have started hosting sneak previews of the upcoming POV season, so don’t miss out on a free screening near you! Brooklyn, NY Kings of Pastry Thursday, May 26, 2011, 7 PM The Brooklyn Museum continues its Thursday […]
- Upcoming POV Community Screenings Around the Country POV’s Community Network members are holding free screenings of POV films around the country all year long. Last year, we had over 500 screenings! Check out some of the exciting community events coming up over the next week… Rochester, NY The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Sunday, May 1, […]
- 'My Perestroika' Extends its Theatrical Run (and a Q&A with Robin Hessman from the Road) POV Filmmaker Robin Hessman has been traveling around America for the theatrical release of My Perestroika (POV 2011). Crowds have been enormously receptive and the film has been extended at the IFC Center in New York, the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Boston and Laemmle’s Sunset 5 in West Hollywood. My Perestroika is an intimate look […]
- Sundance Video: Q&A With Filmmaker Robin Hessman and the Subjects of “My Perestroika” POV’s series producer Yance Ford is at the Sundance Film Festival. She has been blogging and twittering from Park City this week. My Perestroika by Robin Hessman chronicles the stories of five Moscow schoolmates who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain and now live in post-Soviet Russia. After a fantastic screening in Park City, […]