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USSR cinema central in ‘1989’ film festival

Staff Reporter
Published Tuesday, February 5, 2008

The European Studies Council will continue its annual film festival about a specific year in history this week: “1989: Film Culture and the Fall of the Wall” begins Thursday with a screening of “Little Vera” at the Whitney Humanities Center.

Fans of late-USSR cinema rejoice.

“1989” is the fourth conference of its kind in four years, following conferences centering on 1946, 1956 and 1968. The dates are not arbitrary: Each represents a year of political turmoil in Europe. Screenings of rare European movies are followed by panel discussions between historians and film...

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