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Krisis

Krisis

10,0 /10 (1 Votes)
2016 RU 32 min

Overview

Dimitri Venkov’s Krisis is based on a Facebook discussion on December 8, 2013, the day on which pro-European demonstrators in Kiev started to demolish statues of Vladimir Lenin. The film reenacts debates between Russian and Ukrainian artists during the protests, revealing deep aesthetic, historical, and political divisions.

Release date

12/02/2016

Votes

1

Popularity

2.0

Status

Released

Language

RU

Runtime

32 min

Budget

$5,000

Revenue

$4,500

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Dimitri_Venkov

2023-06-12

⭐ 10

Gleb Napreenko for Documenta 14 Dimitri Venkov’s Krisis is based on a Facebook discussion on December 8, 2013, the day that “Leninopad,” the widespread demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin, kicked off in Ukraine. The first monument to be dismantled in Kyiv was made by Soviet sculptor Sergei Merkurov and was erected in 1946, while Stalin was still in power. The Ukrainian ultra-nationalist party Svoboda (Freedom) claimed responsibility. The monument was demolished during the Euromaidan, popular protests against the regime of President Viktor Yanukovych. Yanukovych had rejected EU in…

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