Moving on

Synopsis

Three 8-minute films: 1) AIRPORT: A new wave of hostile nationalism is driving ethnic Germans from Kazakhstan, where they have lived for over 100 years. This film shows German families departing for Germany from Kyasanoi airport and discusses the gaping hole in the economy they will leave behind. 2) VILLAGE IN THE SKY: Looks at a Belorussian community evacuated from their village after the Chernobyl explosion and re-housed in an apartment block in Minsk. Twelve years on, the residents have recreated their old peasant lifestyle, with blackmarket kulaks, vodka casualties, and vegetable gardens on the balconies of their new high-rise ‘village in the sky’. 3) BANDITS AND BRIC-A-BRAC: Follows a Latvian bus driver on his regular run between Riga and Vilnius in Lithuania, where the passengers buy western European luxury goods smuggled through Poland to be sold in Riga for a profit, but the journey is fraught with danger.

Series

Beyond Red

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.

Year of production

1999

Availability

Sale - see BEYOND RED; See: BEYOND RED

Subjects

Politics & government

Keywords

Belorusse; black market; Chernobyl; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Lithuania; refugees - German; rural communities; Russia

Production Company

Name

Television Trust for the Environment

Notes

Now known as TVE

Distributor

Name

TVE

Email

General email: tve@tve.org.uk.Sales and outreach: distribution@tve.org.uk

Web

http://tve.org/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+ 91 (11) 26 410 684

Address

46 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3QJ

Notes

TVE works with partners globally to produce films on environment and development issues, as well as health and human rights. Most of the 600 films are available for sale on DVD for educational use. Previously known as Television Trust for the Environment.