About the Event
Gorbachev. Heaven
Directed by Vitaly Mansky
(Russia, 2021, 100 min.)
Rice Cinema
Sewall Hall 301
Thursday, February 3
7:00 PM
Director Vitaly Mansky will be present
Sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston
Gorbachev.Heaven finds acclaimed director Vitaly Mansky (Under the Sun) at home with a man who helped to shape the 20th-century: Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviet leader was acclaimed as the architect of Glasnost and Perestroika, policies that gave the citizens of the Soviet Union—what Ronald Reagan called “the Evil Empire”—a chance to be free. He even tore down the Berlin Wall. But at the same time, under his rule, the Chernobyl nuclear facility exploded and its destruction was concealed. Citizens demanding independence in the Baltic states died. Soldiers wielding shovels brutally suppressed protesters in Tbilisi. Soviet tanks killed peaceful demonstrators in Baku.
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Discounted parking at Founder’s Court. $5 flat rate, credit card required.
