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Chuck Norris vs Communism (2015)

Chuck Norris vs Communism (2015)

History Documentary

Video killed the Red Star

Release Date: 2015, November 12
Directors: Ilinca Calugareanu
Countries: Czech Republic, Germany, United Kingdom, Romania, United States of America
Production: Impact Partners, Vernon Films, Passion Pictures, RatPac Documentary Films, 4 Proof Film, Openvizor, WDR, ARTE, Kloos & Co., HBO Europe
Cast: Liviu Bora, Marius Chivu, Levente Molnár, Emilian Urse, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Irina Margareta Nistor, Csaba Marosán, Elena Ivanca, Teodor Zamfir, Mircea Cojocaru, Vlad Craioveanu, Mihai Dobrovolschi

Overview:

In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.

Keywords:

woman director communism 1980s docudrama vhs crowdfunded film home video film censorship anti-communism bootlegging pop culture cinema on cinema bucharest, romania translator video piracy clandestine life