Kinofest NYC Film Festival 2011
Tonight’s Screenings:
Torn From the Flag
7PM at the Ukrainian Museum (222 E 6th Street)
Director: Klaudia Kovacs
Hungarian/English (w/Eng. subtitles)
USA, 2007
96 min
This incisive sociopolitical and historical documentary covers the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the ensuing international decline of communism with both archival footage and interviews with then youthful revolutionaries, Russia’s Budapest-based troop commander and other historical notables. The extensive interviews span across the US, Hungary, Russia and Italy supplying viewers with lots of new information on behind-the-scenes political dramas leading up to and shortly after the revolution. This film garnered 8 film festival awards worldwide and participated in the 2009 Oscar competition in the “Best Documentary” category.
Amanda Rivkin 