Family of Equals

Vorontsov, Alexander [RegisseurIn] ; Itskov, Igor ; Yeniefahov, Jorgi

Englisch

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital [2019], 2019

1 Online-Ressource (video file 0:25:02) : Sound, Colour

Reproduction of в семья равноправных USSR, 1984

Contributors: Itskov, Igor; Yeniefahov, Jorgi

Production Company: Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow

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Documentary countering international claims of anti-Semitism, which aims to illustrate the satisfaction of Russian Jews living in the Jewish Autonomous Region

The film opens with old newsreels showing the work of Jewish people to build a nation for themselves within the Soviet Union. It includes footage from the establishment of the capital Birobidjan in 1934. The narrator contrasts the old images of clearing land and agriculture with modern scenes of factories and urbanisation. There is an interview with a worker who tells of her happiness and equality, and with an American journalist invited to the city. Later in the film there is a section about the Second World War, and an interview with a Soviet war hero whose family were executed during the Holocaust; he now sits at the head of the Anti-Semitism Committee. The flourishing of the arts and music in the Jewish community is also considered, with particular focus on the violin; this section includes footage of violin lessons and an interview with a renowned Jewish musician. The celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Birobidjan mark the end of the film. The final claim made by the narrator is that the people of all the Soviet nations are now all Soviets, all equals in the same nation

 

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