Adam Curtis
Director
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (2022)
Series 1
What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.
Released Oct. 13, 2022
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History, War
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Production Companies: BBC Films
Network: BBC iPlayer
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
Russian,
English
S1E1 - Part One - 1985 to 1989
Perestroika. The dream of saving communism. But no-one believes in anything any longer. The managers loot the system. Soldiers return defeated in the war to liberate Afghanistan.
Oct. 13, 2022, midnight
S1E2 - Part Two - 1989 to 1991
There are no potatoes in Moscow. Things get worse. Then they get much worse as the rational Communist plan runs out of control everywhere. But McDonald’s opens in Moscow.
Oct. 13, 2022, midnight
S1E3 - Part Three - 1991
The empire strikes back. Hardliners attempt a coup. Power slips through their shaking hands. Oligarchs publish a manifesto. Money will replace all ideology. Yeltsin seizes power.
Oct. 13, 2022, midnight
S1E4 - Part Four - 1992 to 1994
Russia goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Dream visions of Russia's imperial past start to rise up. People cannot afford food.
Oct. 13, 2022, midnight
S1E5 - Part Five - 1993 to 1996
Russian society implodes. Millions of people fall into the abyss. Many live underground or in forests. The president attacks parliament with tanks saying he is saving democracy.
Oct. 13, 2022, midnight
S1E6 - Part Six - 1994 to 1998
The group around the president believe a war in Chechnya will save him. Others want the war to restore the glory of the Russian empire. The Oligarchs seize control of practically everything. In the upside down world gangsters become heroes for defending democracy.
Oct. 13, 2022, midnight
S1E7 - Part Seven - 1995 to 1999
Suddenly the western bankers leave. Oligarchs take control and search for a new president to be their puppet. They choose Putin. Russians turn against “the curse of democracy".
Oct. 13, 2022, midnight
Network: BBC iPlayer
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 420 min.
Released: Oct. 13, 2022
Last Air Date: Oct. 13, 2022, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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