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201054 minPGdocumentary

Retracing Russia

201054 minPGdocumentary

Thirty or forty years after capturing their images, photographer Yevgeny Burak returns to the Smolensk region to find the subjects of his old photographs.

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Thirty or forty years after capturing their images, photographer Yevgeny Burak returns to the Smolensk region to find the subjects of his old photographs.

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Yury Burakdirector

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Yevgeny Burak, a former photojournalist, revisits the Smolensk region where he once chronicled life decades ago. With a camera in hand, he retraces his steps to find the subjects of his photographs taken thirty or forty years earlier. Burak seeks to capture their current lives and reflect on the changes that have occurred since the fall of the USSR. The film runs for 54 minutes.

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