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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.

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