Tommy Tainant
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Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (TV Series 2022) - IMDb
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I urge you to check your schedules to see if you can find this.It is the story of the Soviet Union from the collapse of communism to the rise of putin.
The film maker has assembled 7 episodes based on clips from Russian TV and the BBC. It is mesmerising stuff.
Ive never heard of Adam Curtis but the man is obviously a genius.
All the familiar tropes are there. Russian housewives queuing for potatoes.Macdonalds opening in Moscow. The Rolls Royce dealership reception for the oligarchs and gangsters.Yeltsins descent into alcohol.
The Afghan War is covered and so is the Chechen debacle. They have echoes of the current disaster in Ukraine.Tthe film of russian mothers going to Chechnya to bring their sons home is heart wrenching.
There is no narration and very few subtitles.
Try and find it. Its amazing.