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The Effects of Satire and Cinematography in Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass

By Haley Forgacs Sergei Loznitsa’s film, Donbass, provides a glimpse into the harsh reality of war in eastern Ukraine during the late 2010s and those experiencing the conflict first hand.[1] Through a series of loosely related episodes, Loznitsa weaves satire through sobering depictions of life in this chaotic, war-torn landscape to paint a bleak and…
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Historical Revisionism in Russian State Media: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Nostalgia and Impacts Collective Memory

Photo: Direct Line with Vladimir Putin. Photo courtesy of www.kremlin.ru. No changes were made. View the license here By Ruty Korotaev “One is nostalgic not for the past the way it was, but for the past the way it could have been. It is this past perfect that one strives to realize in the future.”…
