Cinema: A Public Affair

Synopsis

A man in Moscow fights for his vision of cinema; he sees it as a way towards a better society. A cinematic journey through the world of Naum Kleiman, one of Russia’s most significant intellectuals alive today. A documentary collage, which combines excerpts from film classics and interviews with a portrait of contemporary Moscow.

Director Biography

Born in North Carolina, US, in 1965. Tatiana Brandrup studied Visual Anthropology with Jean Rouch in Paris, then Feature Film Directing at NYU and the Munich Film School. Since 1990, she has worked as a director and screenwriter for both fiction and documentary films. She also works as a lecturer.