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This film is an intimate journey into Russian history, culture, society, politics and literature. In Russia, all of these are interconnected, and this film transports viewers to Russia to see for themselves.

72 min.
English and Russian with English subtitles

The New York Russian Documentary Film Festival selected “Pushkin Is Our Everything” for its “Faces of Russia” award, which recognizes the film that best illustrates contemporary Russian society.

Film participants

Galina Sedova
Director, Pushkin Museum-Apartment (Moika, 12)

Ekaterina Asmus
Poet, St. Petersburg

Nikolai Svanidze
Russian State University for the Humanities

Venjamin Filshtinsky
Professor of Acting at St. Petersburg
State Academy for the Theater Arts

Olga Schneider
Teacher, Moscow School #353 (“Pushkin School”)

Natalya Yazykova
Former Director, Moscow School #353 (“Pushkin School”)

Alexander Burganov
Sculptor (Moscow)

Dmitri Makarov
Creative Director at Great Advertising
(St. Petersburg)

Svetlana Strizhneva
Mayakovsky Museum (Moscow)

Valentina Ochirova
St. Petersburg/Buryatiya

Larissa Yudenko
Teacher, Zakamensk Regional Schoool, Buryatiya

Marcus Levitt
Professor University of Southern
California (Los Angeles)

Credits

Written, directed and produced by
Michael Beckelhimer

Executive Producer
Kim Thomas

Associated Producers
Elena Podolskaya, Ludmila
Pachepsky

Olga Schneider
Teacher, Moscow School #353 (“Pushkin School”)

Natalya Yazykova
Former Director, Moscow School #353 (“Pushkin School”)

Alexander Burganov
Sculptor (Moscow)

Dmitri Makarov
Creative Director at Great Advertising
(St. Petersburg)

Editor
Michael Closson

Composer
Vladimir Podgoretsky

The New York Russian Documentary Film Festival selected “Pushkin Is Our Everything” for its “Faces of Russia” award, which recognizes the film that best illustrates contemporary Russian society.

Film participants

Galina Sedova
Director, Pushkin
Museum-Apartment
(Moika, 12)

Ekaterina Asmus
Poet, St. Petersburg

Nikolai Svanidze
Russian State
University for the
Humanities

Venjamin Filshtinsky
Professor of Acting
at St. Petersburg
State Academy for
the Theater Arts

Svetlana Strizhneva
Mayakovsky
Museum (Moscow)

Valentina Ochirova
St. Petersburg/
Buryatiya

Larissa Yudenko
Teacher, Zakamensk
Regional Schoool,
Buryatiya

Marcus Levitt
Professor University
of Southern
California (Los
Angeles)

Olga Schneider
Teacher, Moscow School #353 (“Pushkin School”)

Natalya Yazykova
Former Director, Moscow
School #353
(“Pushkin School”)

Alexander Burganov
Sculptor (Moscow)

Dmitri Makarov
Creative Director at
Great Advertising
(St. Petersburg)

Credits

Written, Directed
And Produced By
Michael Beckelhimer

Executive Producer
Kim Thomas

Associated
Producers
Elena Podolskaya,
Ludmila Pachepsky

Editor
Michael Closson

Composer
Vladimir
Podgoretsky