| Director | Robin Hessman |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Runtime | 88 minutes |
| Supplier | Red Square Productions |
| Release Date |
In theatres on September 9, 2011 |
My Perestroika follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times - from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia. Together, these childhood classmates paint a complex picture of the dreams and disillusionment of those raised behind the Iron Curtain.
Filmmaker Award - Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2010
“Critics' Pick: 'My Perestroikia': Through the Looking Glass of History” - The New York Times
“From Russia With Love and Fear ” - The Wall Street Journal
“Hessman's first feature is an engaging picture of five thirtysomething Moscow residents who came of age during the final years of the Soviet Union” - The Hollywood Reporter
“Witnesses to the fall of the Soviet Union” - The Boston Globe
“Critic's Pick: 'My Perestroika': Russian life is still a bear” - The Washington Post
“'Perestroika' looks at Soviet Russia ” - Sun Media
“Untying the Personal-Political Knot in 'My Perestroika'” - The Village Voice
“'My Perestroika': Looking back, at the USSR” - The Globe and Mail
“'My Perestroika': Generation nyet” - The Toronto Star
“'My Perestroikia' Review” - Huffington Post
“Documentary filmmaker Robin Hessman explores the lives of Russians who came of age as the USSR crumbled” - Los Angeles Times
“Muscovite Lives, Entangled in History” - The New York Times
“'My Perestroikia' Review” - Filmcritic.com
“The Twenty Very Best Movies at Sundance 2010” - New York Magazine
“'My Perestroikia' Review” - The Nation
“'My Perestroika': Witness to new Russia” - San Francisco Chronicle
“As the USSR collapses, ‘My Perestroika’ follows its upheaval on five Russian children coming of age” - The Christian Science Monitor
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