- Release Date: Dec 12, 2003
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- Summary: In an environment of pervasive corruption, assassination, and street rioting, the story of chaotic post-Soviet transition is told through culture clash, electricity disconnections and blackouts. (Films Transit International)
- Director: Paul Devlin
- Genre(s): Documentary
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100Intelligent, revealing, and sometimes hilarious.
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Like the best documentaries, this one raises questions instead of providing pat answers. If only Devlin had taken his intrepid reporting a few steps further.
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Filmmaker Devlin details this complicated series of events with clarity, a sense of drama and more than a few touches of dark humor.
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An instructive account of the perils of attempting to privatize decrepit public utilities in countries with stagnant economies.