The Kyiv Files - Now Streaming on Docuseek
Essential documentary films for higher education
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78 min. | Subtitled
A film by Walter Stokman
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"THE KYIV FILES confirms a vision of the Soviet Union as a regime of repression ruled through a pervasive grip of fear. It adds further testimonies to the public domain, as Russian imperialism is again flexing its militaristic power in Eastern Europe."
Carmen Gray, Modern Times Review
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In Ukraine, the Soviet KGB archive with countless files containing reports of observations, has been made accessible to the public. What happens to you, once you find out that the state has been watching you for years?
A dissident Ukrainian woman, a Dutch amateur spy and a French tourist betrayed 50 years ago by her “lover”, are confronted with their own file in the archive. The Kyiv Files reveals a time when the paranoia of the Soviet regime penetrated deep into the fibers of personal lives. Through the stories we are reminded of the importance of transparency, accountability, and the protection of individual rights in any society.
Knowledge is power, and on that account, the Soviet intelligence service KGB was an immensely powerful organization, reaching deep into the private lives of citizens during the Cold War. Now, the KGB’s archives in Ukraine are being opened to the public for the first time, and boxes of secret documents from the Soviet era are coming to light. Finally, many of the country’s senior citizens can have answers to questions that have haunted them for decades. The KGB’s work was based on a dark combination of surveillance, self-censorship and distrust even of those closest to you.
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Having its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), The Kyiv Files, from Dutch CORE, is now streaming exclusively on Docuseek for education.
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