Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone(2022)
DocumentaryWar & Politics
First Air Date: 2022-10-13
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 8.6
Votes: 17
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.
Keywords
ideologysoviet uniontraumasocietypoliticsdemocracycommunismrussiahistorysocietal collapse
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Series 1
Episodes: 7E01
Part One - 1985 to 1989
Air Date: 2022-10-13
Perestroika. The dream of saving communism. But no-one believes in anything any longer. The managers loot the system....
E02
Part Two - 1989 to 1991
Air Date: 2022-10-13
There are no potatoes in Moscow. Things get worse. Then they get much worse as the rational Communist plan runs out o...
E03
Part Three - 1991
Air Date: 2022-10-13
The empire strikes back. Hardliners attempt a coup. Power slips through their shaking hands. Oligarchs publish a mani...
E04
Part Four - 1992 to 1994
Air Date: 2022-10-13
Russia goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Dream visions of Russia's...
E05
Part Five - 1993 to 1996
Air Date: 2022-10-13
Russian society implodes. Millions of people fall into the abyss. Many live underground or in forests. The president ...
E06
Part Six - 1994 to 1998
Air Date: 2022-10-13
The group around the president believe a war in Chechnya will save him. Others want the war to restore the glory of t...
E07
Part Seven - 1995 to 1999
Air Date: 2022-10-13
Suddenly the western bankers leave. Oligarchs take control and search for a new president to be their puppet. They ch...
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