Thread: My Perestroika - free documentary

Originally Posted by Hanna

The film is not available outside of the USA, due to restrictions. I am in Latvia at the moment and I can't watch it

I have the impression from reading this forum, that most people in Russia have a rather negative view of Gorbachev, perestroika and what it lead to. And as for "the last generation of Soviets...."
Well, I am of the same vintage, and the events were confusing, disillusioning for me, so it must have been 1000 times more so for people who lived in Russia or the other USSR countries. Plus there were huge economical problems at the time, on an individual level, for families and in society in general.

What do you mean by "not available"? Can't you find it on the Internet?

Originally Posted by Eric C.

What do you mean by "not available"? Can't you find it on the Internet?

"Not available" as in can't be watched outside the USA. Like BBC can't be watched outside of Brittan. I'm surprised PBS does that.
I sent the link to 2 friends in Russia and they had to use a proxy.

Edit:
http://myperestroika.com/russian/

Originally Posted by capecoddah

"Not available" as in can't be watched outside the USA. Like BBC can't be watched outside of Brittan. I'm surprised PBS does that.
I sent the link to 2 friends in Russia and they had to use a proxy.

Edit:
russian

Your link doesn't seem to contain the whole movie, just a trailer. So, are you saying the movie really can't be found anywhere on the Internet? One more thing, I removed "russian" from the link, that means I was opening the American version, right? And I'm not currently in the US, and I didn't have to use a proxy, it just worked fine for me!

Originally Posted by Eric C.

Your link doesn't seem to contain the whole movie, just a trailer. So, are you saying the movie really can't be found anywhere on the Internet? One more thing, I removed "russian" from the link, that means I was opening the American version, right? And I'm not currently in the US, and I didn't have to use a proxy, it just worked fine for me!

The link I posted is the "Official" movie link. It only has the trailer and some other information. Worldwide distribution. It's in "limited release".
The link fortheether posted was for the full movie on PBS. Not available in Russia.
Maybe available in all of North America? I don't know, WGBH, the "Flagship Station" of PBS is in Boston; broadcast close to me.

Perhaps this will work. Go to this site, then try to watch the movie.

POV - My Perestroika | PBS

If not, you can read some more information about the movie.

http://www.kommersant.ru/Doc/1577228

Originally Posted by capecoddah

The link I posted is the "Official" movie link. It only has the trailer and some other information. Worldwide distribution. It's in "limited release".
The link fortheether posted was for the full movie on PBS. Not available in Russia.
Maybe available in all of North America? I don't know, WGBH, the "Flagship Station" of PBS is in Boston; broadcast close to me.

Perhaps this will work. Go to this site, then try to watch the movie.

POV - My Perestroika | PBS

If not, you can read some more information about the movie.

Both links have worked fine for me (yours and the one by the OP). What did your friends tell you, in what way had it been "not available"? What title does it show when you "aren't allowed to watch the movie"?

Originally Posted by Eric C.

Both links have worked fine for me (yours and the one by the OP). What did your friends tell you, in what way had it been "not available"? What title does it show when you "aren't allowed to watch the movie"?

I don't know. I'll ask them to try again. It didn't work for Hanna in Latvia.
I was reading the comments on the PBS site and a couple said it wasn't available in Russia.

Originally Posted by capecoddah

I don't know. I'll ask them to try again. It didn't work for Hanna in Latvia.
I was reading the comments on the PBS site and a couple said it wasn't available in Russia.

Hmm, then we have at least two countries where the movie's "banned from being shown" - Russia and Latvia. But why would one do things like that? I just don't get it...

Originally Posted by Eric C.

Both links have worked fine for me (yours and the one by the OP). What did your friends tell you, in what way had it been "not available"? What title does it show when you "aren't allowed to watch the movie"?

<br><br>I don't know. I'll ask them to try again. It didn't work for Hanna in Latvia.