Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
2022 · 1 season · 7 episodes · Ended · BBC iPlayer
Documentary, War & Politics
TMDB 8.6 · 19 votes
What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.
Episodes
- S01E01Part One - 1985 to 19892022-10-1360m
Perestroika. The dream of saving communism. But no-one believes in anything any longer. The managers loot the system. Soldiers return defeated in the war to liberate Afghanistan.
- S01E02Part Two - 1989 to 19912022-10-1360m
There are no potatoes in Moscow. Things get worse. Then they get much worse as the rational Communist plan runs out of control everywhere. But McDonald’s opens in Moscow.
- S01E03Part Three - 19912022-10-1360m
The empire strikes back. Hardliners attempt a coup. Power slips through their shaking hands. Oligarchs publish a manifesto. Money will replace all ideology. Yeltsin seizes power.
- S01E04Part Four - 1992 to 19942022-10-1360m
Russia goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Dream visions of Russia's imperial past start to rise up. People cannot afford food.
- S01E05Part Five - 1993 to 19962022-10-1360m
Russian society implodes. Millions of people fall into the abyss. Many live underground or in forests. The president attacks parliament with tanks saying he is saving democracy.
- S01E06Part Six - 1994 to 19982022-10-1360m
The group around the president believe a war in Chechnya will save him. Others want the war to restore the glory of the Russian empire. The Oligarchs seize control of practically everything. In the upside down world gangsters become heroes for defending democracy.
- S01E07Part Seven - 1995 to 19992022-10-1360m
Suddenly the western bankers leave. Oligarchs take control and search for a new president to be their puppet. They choose Putin. Russians turn against “the curse of democracy".
