RUSSIAN WOMEN’S PERSONAL JOURNEYS IN THE MOTHERLAND 
Marina Goldovskaya, one of best internationally-known woman directors, was the first Russian filmmaker to introduce a personal diary style in the documentary genre to describe the social changes and their effects on the lives of the people. These changes have made Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia’s bravest journalists.

The late Journalist Anna Politkovskaya will be featured in three films by Marina Goldovskaya.

Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya   (1958-2006) was a Russian journalist, author, and human rights activist known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict.

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How does art survive in a time of oppression? During the Soviet rule artists who stay true to their vision are executed, sent to mental hospitals or Gulags. Their plight inspires young Igor Savitsky. He pretends to buy state-approved art but instead daringly rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artist's works and creates a museum in the desert of Uzbekistan, far from the watchful eyes of the KGB. Though a penniless artist himself, he cajoles the cash to pay for the art from the same authorities who are banning it. Savitsky amasses an eclectic mix of Russian Avant-Garde art. But his greatest discovery is an unknown school of artists who settle in Uzbekistan after the Russian revolution of 1917, encountering a unique Islamic culture, as exotic to them as Tahiti was for Gauguin. They develop a startlingly original style, fusing European modernism with centuries-old Eastern traditions.