Thread: My Perestroika - free documentary

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.

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...

The whole copyright debate, pirating and digital rights have just passed you by?

It's down to the money, there are no ad or commercial profits coming from Latvia and Russia, therefore they can't watch this American content.
Try watching TV on Zattoo or listening to Pandora or Last.fm streaming and you'll see whether your "mystery" location is deemed worthy or not.

With your political opinions I would have imagined that you'd be staunchly anti-sharing and in favour of the Pirate Bay guys being extradited to the US.

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.