A TASTE OF FREEDOM
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It
was the beginning of spring in 1990. And it was the dawning of a new era,
a time of burgeoning change which could not be stopped in a country freshly
awoken by perestroika. Although Communist leadership was still clinging to
its stranglehold on the country's fate, the people wanted otherwise. The
people wanted to revoke the sixth section of the Constitution, which consolidated
the Communist Party's monopoly on power. At the heart of the film is a young
family of journalists –Sasha Politkovsky, his wife Anna, their children,
and even their dog. Sasha was a prominent TV journalist who was the head
anchor on "The View" (the most topical and least censored TV show of the
time). Anna was destined to become a journalist of truly international fame,
proving her courage, and her journalistic integrity, during her coverage
of the Chechnyan conflict. Journalism is a profession which is most keenly
involved in the political life of a nation. By 1990, perestroika had begun
to change the Soviet Union, letting people get a taste of freedom, like a
gulp of fresh air. But it was no longer enough for most people to have this
small measure of Gorbachev's reforms. People wanted to live in a country
free from communism. The film is a unique glimpse into a time which is already
fading from people's memories, a time of amazing change and urgency as Russia
took its first steps after the fall of a 75-year old totalitarian regime. Russian
with English narration. 46 minutes, 1991
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