2006 Schedule
Mon.
Morning
Aleksandr Zarkhi's & Iosif Kheifits' My Motherland (1933 80 min)
Introducer: Peter Bagrov, Institute of Art History (St. Petersburg) Discussion leader: Peter Kenez, University of California, Santa Cruz
Afternoon
Vsevolod Pudovkin's Heir of Ghenghis Khan (1928 126 min)
Introducer: Alyssa DeBlasio, University of Pittsburgh
Discussion leader: Andrew Chapman, University of Pittsburgh
Tue.
Morning
Edmond Keosaian's The Elusive Avengers (1966 74 min)
Introducer: Oleg Aronson, Russian State Humanities University (Moscow) Discussion leader: Alexander Prokhorov, College of William and Mary
Afternoon
Emil' Lotianu's The Gypsy Camp Rolls into the Sky (1976 101 min)
Introducer: Elena Prokhorova, University of Richmond
Discussion leader: Tim Schlak, University of Pittsburgh
Wed.
Morning
Aleksandr Mitta's Tale of How Tsar Peter Married off His Negro (1976 100 min)
Introducer: Diliara Tasbulatova, Itogi (Moscow)
Discussion leader: David MacFadyen, University of California, Los Angeles
Evening
Vladimir Korsh-Sablin's Seekers of Happiness (1936 81 min)
Introducer: Peter Bagrov, Institute of Art History (St. Petersburg)
Thur.
Morning
Mikhail Dubson's The Border (1935 81 min)
Introducer: Gerald McCausland, University of Pittsburgh
Discussion leader: Julie Draskoczy, University of Pittsburgh
Afternoon
Aleksandr Askol'dov's Commissar (1967/1987 105 min)
Introducer: Petre Petrov, University of Pittsburgh
Discussion leader: Elena Monastireva Ansdell, Bowdoin College
Evening
Grigorii Aleksandrov's Circus (1936 89 min)
Introducer: Oleg Aronson, Russian State Humanities University (Moscow)
Fri.
Morning
Nikita Mikhalkov's Close to Eden (1991) [109 min]
Introducer: Olga Klimova, University of Pittsburgh
Discussion leader: Tony Anemone, College of William and Mary
Afternoon
Pavel Lungin's Roots (2005) [103 min]
Introducer: Michelle Kuhn, University of Pittsburgh
Discussion leader: Yadwiga Semikolenova, University of Pittsburgh
Evening
Aleksei Balabanov's Dead Man's Bluff (2005) [110 min]
Introducer: Dawn Seckler, University of Pittsburgh
Sat.
Morning
CLOSING ROUNDTABLE at Hemingway's
Led by: Nancy Condee, University of Pittsburgh
and Vladimir Padunov, University of Pittsburgh
Evening
Larisa Sadilova's Needing a Nanny (2005) [110 min]
Introducer: Diliara Tasbulatova, Itogi (Moscow)