In the Name of Love

[Susan Scotto]

It's very good - it traces the experiences of several women of different
"profiles" who met Americans through the Svetlana Agency in Petersburg. We hear
both the women and the men talk about their motivations and about their
respective partners.  The film is balanced, since not all of the women have
happy endings, and O'Rourke also talks to a man who ran a rival marriage agency,
and who is quite the businessman (read "creep".)  All in all, it's a great movie
for showing students what the lives and frustrations of average Russian women
are like, and giving insight into what some of these women's aspirations are. 
Definitely great for classroom use.

Susan Scotto

Quoting Laura Kline <klinela at PROVIDE.NET>:

> Dear SEELANGers,
> 
> Have any of you seen the movie "In the Name of Love" by Shannon O'Rourke?
> If
> so, can you tell me if it is a good documentary on mail-order brides, and
> if
> it would be appropriate for classroom use?
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> 
> 
> Laura Kline
> 
> Lecturer in Russian
> Department of German and Slavic Studies
> Wayne State University
> 450 Manoogian
> 906 W. Warren
> Detroit, MI  48202
> (313) 577-2666
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