Bibliograph

Putin's witnesses, written and directed by Vitaly Mansky

Type

Label

Putin's witnesses, written and directed by Vitaly Mansky

Language

rus

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Putin's witnesses

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

1341371636

Responsibility statement

written and directed by Vitaly Mansky

Runtime

102

Summary

On December 31, 1999, Russian president Boris Yeltsin went on live television just before midnight. He announced he was stepping down, and his chosen successor, Vladimir Putin, would take over as acting president. Putin promised a presidential election in three months. Vitaly Mansky spent the evening filming his family on the eve of the new millennium. Soon after, Mansky set to work filming Putin and those around him. As a director working for Russian state TV, his purpose was making a film that would boost Putin's electoral success. This film looks at Putin in the earliest days of his presidency, when the seeds of his authoritarianism were already being sown. It also raises difficult questions about the role of Mansky himself. As a filmmaker who witnessed and, in some cases, shaped these events, is he in some way complicit?

Table Of Contents

New Year's Eve -- New Millenium -- Time to win -- Awaiting election results -- Yeltsin's choice -- Phone call -- Past and present -- National anthem -- Shadow of autocracy

Technique

live action

Contributor