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- 2003
- TV-G
- Emerging Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
- 2003
- TV-G
- Emerging Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
Summary A cinema-verite film following seven Russian teenagers who have come to America to become country music stars. (Emerging Pictures)
Directed By: Nina Gilden Seavey
- 2003
- TV-G
- Emerging Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
- 2003
- TV-G
- Emerging Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
The Ballad of Bering Strait
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Summary A cinema-verite film following seven Russian teenagers who have come to America to become country music stars. (Emerging Pictures)
Directed By: Nina Gilden Seavey
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
49
11% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
89% Mixed
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8 Reviews
0% Negative
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It isn't wildly imaginative, but its subjects are novel enough in their own right. They're a little bit country and a little bit Rachmaninoff.
Though filmmaker Nina Gilden Seavy followed Bering Strait for the better part of two years, their story is in no way over at the film's conclusion.
What makes the story worthwhile is the candor and personality of the band members.
Echoes the trajectory of the post-Communist-bloc region itself, unmoored and at the mercy of pitiless capitalist forces.
While the film frequently concentrates on the wrong story, the humanity of the musicians comes through in their own words and actions.
The documentary never gets more than skin deep. It rarely delves into the troubling regions that are the very orchards of documentary.
This competently made picture seems a rehash, and not a terribly interesting one. What's remarkable about it is how unremarkable it is.
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Production Company
NHK,
The Documentary Center, George Washington University
Release Date Feb 19, 2003
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating TV-G
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Awards
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination
