Russian Cultural Center Our Texas
presents
Russian Documentary Film Showcase
Russian Cultural Center Our Texas is happy to announce the inauguration of the Documentary Film showcase, an annual series of film screenings designed to bring the best in contemporary Russian documentary film to Texas audiences. This year’s inaugural series will celebrate the life achievement of Marina Goldovskaya, a renowned Russian-American documentary filmmaker. Screenings will take place in Austin , Houston , Dallas and College Station . Mrs. Goldovskaya will be present at the screening for discussion and will sign her new book “Woman with Movie Camera.”Joining Marina will be Daniel Levin, co-writer and editor of her latest film, The Russian Story, as well as Igor Karash-animator.
Marina.Goldovskaya is a veteran Russian-American filmmaker and a professor at UCLA in Los Angeles . Mrs.Goldovskaya’s passion for history of her native country is reflected in her films that tell a story of a nation that has lived through cycles of repression, glorious upheavals, and dramatic downfalls. During her life long career as a director, producer and cinematographer she created more than 30 documentaries, over hundred television programs for Russian, French, Austrian, German and American audiences, and has written six books.
More information about the filmmaker and her work can be found at: .
Screening schedule in Houston
February 22, 2007
7:20 pmљ Solovky Power
River Oaks theatre,
2009 West Gray Houston, TX 77019
February 24th, 2007*
7:00 pm House on Arbat Street
8:15 pm The Russian Story
St.Thomas University
Anderson Hall,
3921 Mt.Vernon,
Houston, TX , 77006
reception, lecture and book signing before and after theљ screenings
Screening Schedule in Austin :
February 22nd, 2007
7:00 pmљ Prince is Back
University of Texas,
GRG 102, Geography Bldg.
February 23rd,2007
12:00 Lecture by Marina Goldovskaya*
University of Texas
Chicano Culture Room,
Texas Union , R.4.206
Screening schedule in Dallas and College Station
March*, 2007 screenings only
A&M University , College Station
March*, 2007 screenings only
South Methodist University, D
ABOUT THE FILMS:
Solovky Power (чМБУФШ уПМПЧЕГЛБС)
This first Soviet film about the "gulags" was a ground breaking event in the political and cultural life of Russia . Based on painstakingly gathered archival documents, on the 1929s-era propaganda reel "Solovky," and on personal experience narratives of interviewed survivors of the camp, the film recreates the history of the Solovky labor camp from the moment of its inception in 1923, to the day it finally closed in 1939. The interviewed survivors include the academician Lihachev, the simple peasant Efim Lagutin, the writer Oleg Volkov, and the former camp security guard Andrei Roschin, as well as those who brought the first shipload of inmates to the island.
93 minutes, 1987
The House on Arbat Street (дПН У ТЩГБТСНЙ)
The story of the people who lived in the House on Arbat Street in Moscow is the story of Russia of the 20th century. Built in the early 1900s, this grand apartment building at first was a residence of rich and privileged families. Then, after the Revolution of 1917, it was turned into a collective housing unit. People from very different backgrounds were brought in and told: "From now on you will have to cram together." People could not even choose neighbors. Through historical footage and the reminiscences of former residents, some now 99 years old, the incredible story of the House on Arbat Street comes alive.
59 minutes, 1993
The Russian Story (бОБФПМЙК тЩВБЛПЧ. рПУМЕУМПЧЙЕ)
The film tells the story of, Anatoly Rybakov, a best-selling Russian novelist. Like a plaster mold, his personal life follows the life story of Russia in the XXth century, the story of a country destroyed in Stalinist purges and in the battlefields of World War II. With Perestroika the calamities seem to have ended. Or haven’t they?
52min, 2006
Tickets
One movie pass for 2 films is $10.
One movie ticket is $6.
For questions, please call 713-395-3301 or email
This project is funded in part by a grant from the City of Houston’s City’s Intiative Program through the Houston Arts Alliance; as well as Dr.Fukshansky;љ NYS Home Health, LLC;Vickery Ochsner; MTA Travel; USA Denimex; Dr.Ioffe; Natalia Chernis; Irina Puchovich; Dr. Leibovich; Dr.Nosaville; Gastronom Moscow-2; Victoria Filippov; TTI;љ Julia Dovgalyuk.