Experimentum Crucis

“Experimentum Crucis” is a harrowing look at a boys' prison in Kazakhstan where filmmaker Taras Popov worked as a psychiatrist for over 10 years before taking the video camera in hand to shoot the stories of the children. The footage he collected became the basis for this documentary. Revealing...

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Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Russian
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:cf18883c-df7d-46de-a752-eacc60b9ff22
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description “Experimentum Crucis” is a harrowing look at a boys' prison in Kazakhstan where filmmaker Taras Popov worked as a psychiatrist for over 10 years before taking the video camera in hand to shoot the stories of the children. The footage he collected became the basis for this documentary. Revealing the harsh struggle for survival among the inmates in this miniature facsimile of outside society, the film portrays the grim reality of life on the bottom of society.
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institution Open Society Archives at Central European University
language Russian
spellingShingle Experimentum Crucis
[Human rights organizations, Sexualities/LGBT movements, Censorship, Military Conflicts and Activities, Capitalism/Anti-capitalist movements/anti-globalization movements, Nationalisms/Autonomist and Separatist movements, Feminist movements/Women's movements, Environmentalist and anti-nuclear movements]
title Experimentum Crucis
topic [Human rights organizations, Sexualities/LGBT movements, Censorship, Military Conflicts and Activities, Capitalism/Anti-capitalist movements/anti-globalization movements, Nationalisms/Autonomist and Separatist movements, Feminist movements/Women's movements, Environmentalist and anti-nuclear movements]
url http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:cf18883c-df7d-46de-a752-eacc60b9ff22