Trouble choosing from the huge cinematic menu at DOK Leipzig, our city's international documentary and animation film fest kicking off on Monday for the whole week? Our film writer gives you a tasty, bite-sized starter selection.
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Focusing on the time from Yeltsin's resignation to shortly after the 2000 presidential election, director Vitaly Mansky takes us behind the scenes of Putin's rise to power - as he himself was behind the scenes as Putin's then-PR guy.
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How does Germany become a nation of immigrants? Two great documentaries at DOK Leipzig 2018 "Der zweite Anschlag" and "Sorge 87" - show us how. Spoiler alert: The road to a Germany of immigrants is a difficult and painful one.
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And just like that, inconspicuously, the director of Fitzcarraldo walks in.
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