Thematic short films
TRW Soviet Childhood ENPRO
Genre: Thematic Short Film
Format: PAL/SECAM, DV-Cam, DV-AVI
Runtime: 2:59 min
Languages: RU (orig.), EN
Series: "Eye Witnesses"
Topic: The Soviet Union is no more, but there are still people whose childhood were spent during the time when the totalitarian system was getting underway. The childhood recollections of such people are gathered here.
Plot: The life as a pioneer and as a young communist, the experience of a pioneer camp, a life in poverty and in communal appartments, the experiences of the great Soviet parades on Red Square, the days of Lenin's death, the atheist educational system, and the repressions of children because of their faith are subject of the eye witnesses' memoires presented in this short film.
The Series: Memories, if not captured on film, become more and more blurred over the years. That's why we took advantage of the occasion to interview those who really experienced the horrors of the Soviet regime either on their own skin or through experiences made by their relatives. About 50 hours of material of these "Children of the Gulag" are available in our archive for further development, and just a very small part is presented in this series. We deliberately abstained from any comment on what is said by the witnesses in order to let the spectator decide. These short films may be useful as support material in talk-shows or educational programs. Other themes may be developed in future.
Other short films of the series:
- A Glimpse of Happiness
- Born in Prison
- Citizens and Spies
- Faith in the Camp
- Feast Days
- Human Relations
- Life in the Camps
- Persecuted Church
- Soviet Life
- The Man and the System
- Unjust Justice
