Our Pride and Glory

Meggie Schneider

IndieLisboa 2010 •

Germany, Experimental, 12′

With Lenin at their centre, the old heroes of the Soviet era observe the day-to-day life in the Ukrainian village of Buryn, which is growing apart from its past. The monuments were erected to fill the void of a city destroyed in the WWII, and in a post-communist world they’re threatened with a fate of decay.