From the Heart of the World
TASCHNALIK
Thirst
Tahir Junus
Usbekistan 1999
10 min
V'01
An Uzbek boy on his journey to the Aral Sea. Cleverly mixing fiction and archival footage, the director incorporates all the great leaders of the Soviet Union, from Lenin to Gorbachev, into his film. He comes up with a radical statement against the desastrous politics that destroyed the Aral Sea.
Credits
Uskinochronika, 1a Chilansarskaja Street, 700115 Taschkent, Usbekistan, T 71 277 03 50, F 71 277 14 57
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