August 6, 2024
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Repentance: A Georgian Film and a Warning To The World
In 1984, the Georgian director Tengiz Abuladze made a film called Repentance. It was quickly banned for its truly daring allegorical depiction of Stalin’s terror and how future generations of leaders suppress the truth of the crimes of their ancestors. However, Gorbachev’s glasnost policies unearthed the film and allowed for its domestic and international release […]