My Perestroika (2010) NYT Critics' Pick

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Olga Durikova, a subject of the documentary “My Perestroika,” in her kitchen in Moscow.
Through the Looking Glass of History
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: March 22, 2011

“I can’t say I wanted to be like everybody else — I simply was like everybody else, completely satisfied with my beautiful Soviet reality,” says Lyuba Meyerson, a public school teacher in her 40s, recalling her childhood in Robin Hessman’s enthralling documentary “My Perestroika.” More