Africans in Russian literature and film

[Larry Mclellan]

There is a documentary film called "Black Russians" directed by Kara  
Lynch in 2001 available at Third World Newsreel:
http://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/cpage.aspx?rec=725&card=price

Here's the description from their site:
“Black Russians” is a feature length documentary that investigates the  
lives of contemporary Afro-Russians aged 10 to 65, born and raised in  
Soviet Russia. Their experiences chronicle two ideological currents  
that have shaped major international events in the twentieth century:  
race and communism. Intimate interviews with a poet, a film producer,  
a  reggae artist, a businessman and others, all Black and all Russian,  
guide us through this story of promise and non-discrimination. Archive  
images reveal rarely seen footage of Black political leaders in the  
Soviet Union, like Paul Robeson, Kwame Nkruma and Angela Davis. More  
than a decade after the 'fall of communism' a new Russia struggles to  
steady itself in the wave of nationalism from within and the pressures  
of global capitalism from without. “Black Russians” constructs a  
deeply personal account of the effects of political issues such as  
migration, identity and loss on a minority community in the vast  
remains of the Soviet Union.

You might also try contacting Romy Taylor who has done work in this  
area: romy at PETUHOV.COM

--Larry McLellan, UCSB

On Apr 5, 2012, at 11:44 AM, John Lyles wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Some of my students are doing a research project on the depiction of  
> Africans in Russian literature and film, as well as their treatment  
> by society (I realize the enormous nature of this task, but I am  
> hoping they will begin to scratch the surface of it and perhaps  
> remain interested in minority depictions and treatment in Russia  
> after the class).  I have given them a few places to begin, but I  
> was wondering if any of you knew off the top of your head some good  
> sources.  I have already pointed them to Circus and Pushkin, as well  
> as many works of Socialist Realism, but are there any others that  
> you know of that would be good sources?  I am thinking in particular  
> of a documentary about Pushkin and Jim Patterson, but I can't  
> remember the name of it.  Thanks for any help you can give!
>
> Sincerely,
> John Lyles
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Larry McLellan
Continuing Lecturer in Russian
Dept. of Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-4130
Office telephone: 805-893-8945
Office fax: 805-893-2374
Email: mclellan at gss.ucsb.edu





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