Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin (2013)
Overview
Who is the new Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, or Gogol waiting to be discovered by the English-speaking world? Hosted by actor, author, and activist Stephen Fry, focuses on six authors whose vibrant, idiosyncratic work continues to gain traction with a global audience: Dmitry Bykov, Mariam Petrosyan, Zakhar Prilepin, Anna Starobinets, Vladimir Sorokin, and Lyudmila Ultiskaya. With contributions from their literary critics, publishers, and peers, the film features extensive interviews with each author.
Cast
Stephen Fry
Vladimir Sorokin
Zakhar Prilepin
Lyudmila Ulitskaya
Anna Starobinets
Juliet Stevenson
Self- Narrator (voice)
Dmitry Bykov
Recommendations
John Candy: I Like Me
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
180° South
Love, Marilyn
For the Love of Spock
HyperNormalisation
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
The Secret
Seduced and Abandoned
Sidney
The Class of ‘92
I Am Ali
The Captains
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Looking for Richard
Salinger
Naqoyqatsi
Red Army
Extremis