post-communism

Eyewitnesses tell the story of how the Communist system collapsed, and the extraordinary weeks around the fall of the Berlin Wall. See the events in Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. (60 min.).

Explores the political and moral roles of America and Europe in the global community at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

An ethnographic study of the border region of the Republic of Georgia, looking at the response of people to the opening of the border following the fall of the Soviet Union.

Explores why the Cold War ended, including such reasons as the changing relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, economic problems, and the increase in nuclear weaponry worldwide.

Presents the history of the Soviet Union, focusing on the rise and fall of communism and how the country's changing government affected global politics.

Examines how it is part of the human condition to try and reconcile acts committed under former systems of thought with contemporary ideology, focusing on the attempts of the people and governments of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia to face their Communist pasts.

A Russian journalist presents a personal account of life in her country and the problems it faces since the death of the Communist regime.