Russian.teens.3.glasnost.teens — Secure

The tape hiss crackles. A handheld camera wobbles, refocusing on three figures huddled around a contraband boom box. This isn't the polished propaganda reel of Russian.Teens.1 (1984, Pioneers saluting Brezhnev’s portrait). Nor is it the anxious dread of Russian.Teens.2 (1986, Chernobyl’s ash falling on Kiev playgrounds).

Moscow, 1988. Arbat Street, 11:47 PM.

But the film? The film survived. Because teens, Russian or otherwise, always remember the year the lies stopped and the questions began. Russian.Teens.3.Glasnost.Teens