In the summer of 1941, the world witnessed one of the most daring and devastating military operations in history: Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union. This documentary ...

The Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991 after years of economic strain and growing challenges to Moscow’s authority. This documentary examines shortages, rising debt, the costs of the Afghanistan ...

“Podnieks on Podnieks” is the story of a phenomenally influential Latvian documentarian who is remembered by relatively few today – but whose work was once seen by over 40 million people in the former ...

TORONTO -- Audiences understand early on that "Red Army" is more than just a film about hockey. The documentary features plenty of footage of the Soviet Union's renowned national team scoring ...

“Imperium,” a documentary by Sergei Loznitsa, won the best film award at the British Film Institute’s 70th London Film Festival. “Imperium” consists of archival footage shot by Italian documentary ...

A Polish documentary featuring Anatoly Kashpirovsky, a former Soviet psychiatrist who became widely known through ...

It’s rare that we look to Soviet-era cinema to find positive queer representation, but surprisingly enough, one overlooked silent masterpiece is being reassessed for just this reason. Subscribe to our ...

Russian opposition media outlet Meduza has released a documentary about the first Soviet sexologist, sociologist, psychologist, and doctor of philosophical sciences Igor Kon on Meduza’s YouTube ...