Coming to NYC’s Stranger Than Fiction series tomorrow, Tuesday, October 13 and to theatres and VOD this Friday, October 16: THE RUSSIAN WOODPECKER
Chad Gracia’s hidden history of an infamous Soviet-era disaster made its bow at Sundance this year, where it won a grand jury prize. It went to screen at Nantucket, BAMcinemaFest, AFI Docs, Milwaukee, Zurich, and Sydney, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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