The controversial documentary “The Soviet Story” will be screened in Toronto on January 31st.
Protestors burned an effigy of the director in the streets of Moscow when the film was released in April 2008.
Little known in Canada, the film made huge waves in Europe and received critical acclaim in the U.S. The film won the Mass Impact Award at the Boston Film Festival. Economist.com describes the documentary as “the most powerful antidote yet to the sanitisation of the past.”
The film traces the link between the Soviet and Nazi regimes, and exposes the crimes of Communism in graphic detail and an unflinching style.
So far the film has been shut out of the CBC, and was not accepted into the Canadian Hot Docs festival. The film’s importance warrants otherwise.
“The Soviet Story” will be screened for the first time in Toronto on January 31st at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre, 85 Christie Street. Director Edvins Snore will be at the screening, and is available for interviews.
The film is available on DVD, and can also be viewed in bits on YouTube:
Film trailer:
