Films set in Russian-American Community in NY

[David Powelstock]

I'm pretty sure that "Jonathan Ames" in "Bored to Death" lives in Brooklyn
himself, not that this is especially relevant to the original query!

Cheers,
David P.

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David Powelstock
Assoc. Prof. of Russian and Comparative Literature
Director, Master of Arts in Comparative Humanities
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02453


On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Nataliya Gavrilova <gavrnata at gmail.com>wrote:

> One of the episodes of the TV Series "Bored to Death," with the main
> character living (I think) in Manhattan and going to Brighton Beach to
> investigate a case. Quite a funny one.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Kyle Barry <kylesbarry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Two Lovers" is a movie set in Brighton Beach based on Dostoevsky's
>> "White Nights." It is an excellent film to boot.
>>
>> Kyle
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Laura Kline <klinela at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> There is a movie called "Weather is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains
>>> Again
>>> on Brighton Beach."
>>> Best,
>>> Laura
>>>
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>>> Dear Seelangers,
>>> I wonder if any of you might be able to suggest films that are set, in
>>> whole
>>> or in part, in the Russian-American community in New York?
>>> I'm especially interested in Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach.  I'm
>>> trying
>>> to provide a visual and cultural sense of these communities for actors
>>> in a
>>> production at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for which I am the dramaturg.
>>> Films can be either in Russian or in English.
>>> Many thanks in advance.
>>> All best,
>>> Dassia
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>>> Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Northwestern University
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> Nataliya Gavrilova
> PhD student in Comparative Literature,
> Graduate Center, City University of New York
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