Genre: Documentary
Plot: Summer 1991. Glasnost. Perestroika. The Soviet Union opens its doors to the West. On the other side of the world, a troupe of young actors from the La Mama Theater in New York City gather to participate in the first American/Ukrainian cultural exchange theater project in history. Among the troupe on its way to Ukraine is American actress and filmmaker Amy Grappell, who has brought a cinematographer to document the historic event. The troupe begins to rehearse the play “Light From the East,” a drama that explores the life and work of nationally acclaimed Ukrainian theater director Les Kurbas. Despite political resistance, Kurbas and his company had revolutionized the Ukrainian theater of the 1920s by introducing world classics to the Ukrainian stage. His dream of international theater clashed with government ideals and he was assassinated during one of Stalin’s purges. As the American troupe prepares for opening night, Gorbachev is kidnapped, the Kremlin is overthrown by a military coup and the entire USSR is plunged into volatile uncertainty. The troupe finds itself trapped at the epicenter of a political revolution. Inspired by the courage of the Ukrainian people who squelch the coup and seize their liberty, the actors remain in Ukraine, determined to put on the show rather
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