By Vlada Lodesk, Graduate Student, The Media School Ivanna is a young Nenets woman. A mother of five children. A nomad that lives in the severe northern Arctic tundra. The image that immediately pops up in our minds following such a description has been constructed by documentary filmmaking for years—starting from the iconic Flaherty’s film… Read more »
Portraits in Permafrost: Cinema of the Russian Arctic
Depictions of Life in the Arctic Circle: Natalija Yefimkina’s “Garagenvolk”
By Victoria Henretty, Graduate Student, Russian & East European Institute In one of the opening scenes of Garagenvolk, two men tow a dilapidated school bus, a hilarious feat as they navigate rows of metal garages. Backing up the truck again and again, while only narrowly avoiding the garages, the men yell profanities back and forth…. Read more »
Film Screening: “Garazhane (Garagenvolk)”
By Ani Abrahamyan, Graduate Student in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures “Будь проклят этот проклятый гараж!” “Be damned this damn garage!” —from Eldar Ryazanov’s tragicomedy Garazh (1980) Screened as part of the “Portraits in Permafrost: Cinema of the Russian Arctic” film series at Indiana University, Nataliia Yefimkina’s Garazhane (Garagenvolk, 2020)… Read more »