Russian Woodpecker

Winner
Grand Jury Prize ~ World Cinema: Documentary
Sundance Film Festival
The Russian Woodpecker is very much like Fedor himself -- eccentric as hell, smart as a whip, and, at the end of the day, a heartbreaker.
-- Chuck Wilson, Village Voice

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The Russian Woodpecker

Fedor Alexandorich, a Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, is investigating the cause of the incident when he is interrupted by the 2014 uprising in Ukraine. Amid all this turmoil, he uncovers a damning Cold War-era Soviet secret. In this Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary, Fedor ponders risking his life to aid the revolution by revealing his findings to the world.
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, History
Runtime
82
Language
Russian, English
Awards:
Winner, Grand Jury Prize ~ World Cinema: Documentary, Sundance Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter

Rightly singled out by many as one of the more arresting and formally inventive documentaries at Sundance this year, debutant director Chad Gracia’s The Russian Woodpecker offers a wild ride through Ukrainian and Soviet history, from the famines of the early 30s through Chernobyl and up to the ...

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