Perestroika, Slava Tsukerman's movie March 19, 2009

March 19 at 7PM
92 Y
92 Street and Lexington Ave, 212.415.5500
The world premiere of the provocative, incandescent PERESTROIKA
The first and only dramatic feature to explore the phenomenon of Jewish emigration from the USSR in the 1970s. Internationally award winner Slava Tsukerman, director of Liquid Sky, and actors will discuss the movie following the 7pm screening. More: www.92Y.org/perestroika
It's 1992—the time of Perestroika in Russia. An invitation to speak at an International Congress brings astrophysicist Sasha Greenberg back to his native Moscow for the first time after 17 years of life in the US, to face the new Russian capitalism and old Russian anti-Semitism and to confront numerous colleagues and unanswered personal questions. Contemplating his past, Sasha undergoes his own personal "perestroika." In Sasha's view, not only Russia, but all humanity, is collapsing. "Perestroika" is a worldwide necessity. Starring Academy-Award winner F. Murray Abraham, Sam Robards and Ally Sheedy.
More: www.perestroikathemovie.com.
"Slava Tsukerman's Perestroika is a genuine cinematic tour de force: ironic and sad, loving, provocative, thoughtful, and often hauntingly beautiful. Tsukerman's film maintains a level of intellectual intensity that is rarely found in today's cinema."
Dr. Peter Rollberg - Director of George Washington University Film Studies Program; Chairman of GWU Department of Romance, German, and Slavic Languages and Literatures.

Special offer - $20 tickets to the first 100 people. Use the code ‘NYPP’ when you purchase tickets on line.

Official Website: http://www.92Y.org/perestroika