
In November 2004 the people of Kyiv, Ukraine took to the streets in thousands, protesting the official results of the Election Committee, after a rigged presidential election. The traditionally silent country erupted: protesting against the corrupted regime of the current president, his appointed "heir" and pressure from neighboring Russia. That was the beginning of the Orange Revolution. Once again the eternal conflict between the powers and the people cast the dark threat o... (Full plot summary below)
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In November 2004 the people of Kyiv, Ukraine took to the streets in thousands, protesting the official results of the Election Committee, after a rigged presidential election. The traditionally silent country erupted: protesting against the corrupted regime of the current president, his appointed "heir" and pressure from neighboring Russia. That was the beginning of the Orange Revolution. Once again the eternal conflict between the powers and the people cast the dark threat of bloodshed upon the country. The feature documentary essay chronicles these crucial days in the history of the country and reflects on the fate of the nation.
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| The New York TimesMatt Zoller SeitzOrange Winter is more than a mere history lesson. Like Norman Mailer's nonfiction novel "The Armies of the Night," about the 1967 antiwar march on Washington, this movie characterizes a body politic as a living thing, and charts its internal changes as if it were the protagonist in a drama. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghUkraine-born, American-based filmmaker Andrei Zagdansky's deeply frustrating "documentary essay" examines the Orange Revolution. |
| VarietyJoe LeydonThe documentary works best when it simply offers a concise and cogent account of epochal events. |
| Village VoiceAaron HillisAndrei Zagdansky's tedious time capsule of the event makes peculiar assumptions about audience familiarity with Ukrainian politics beyond what trickled into the headlines, blowing past potentially fascinating footnotes and story threads for 72 minutes of pure B-roll. |