• sexywheat [none/use name]
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    5 months ago

    I haven't watched it yet but Adam Curtis put out a 7 part series on the fall of the USSR called Trauma Zone

    From what I understand, unlike his other documentaries (which are fantastic) this one has no narration.

    Edit: This is also a great video on the fall of the USSR and emergence of their gangster capitalism economy

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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      5 months ago

      I saw the trailer for Trauma Zone and it was very creepy lol. Putting aside the stereotypical russian bleakness, you can feel the atmosphere of hopelessness and numbness and desperation as their country falls apart

      • GeorgeZBush [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        Yeah it's good. I appreciate the lack of narrayion because it's interesting to see actual ground-level footage of the events as they unfolded.

    • ratboy [they/them]
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      5 months ago

      Oof, my friend recommended Can't Get You Out of my Head after her partner and I were arguing over whether people were literally eating rocks during the Great Leap Forward, and it was pretty hard for me to follow. I'll give it a shot though! And I do wanna finish the other one, just gotta pay attention lol. Thanks for the recs!