Chuck Norris vs Communism (2015)

11/12/2015 (DE) • 1h 20m

Documentary, History

Video killed the Red Star

Overview

In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$850,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

cinema on cinema

pop culture

anti-communism

bootlegging

vhs

docudrama

home video

bucharest, romania

translator

communism

woman director

video piracy

1980s

film censorship

clandestine life

crowdfunded film

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