Vladimir Gerchikov

Statement of Witness

Writer Mikhail Prishvin kept a secret diary for almost 50 years, from 1905 to 1954. This is a unique chronicle of the life of the country, evidence of the most complex relations between the state and a person trying to understand his time. The film tells about Prishvin's trip to the White Sea Canal and an attempt to write an honest book about this construction site.

Watching the Flight of Thought

Hundreds of thousands of scientists have left Russia in recent decades. Some are returning. Russia greets those who come back in different ways.

Man on the Other Side

In the maternity hospital, Sergei Panteleev was classified as a "non-resident", his parents refused him, and it seemed that his biography ended before it began. But he survived, did not disappear either in an orphanage or in a neuropsychiatric boarding house. Moreover, at the age of 30, he became the master of his fate, the owner of a one-room apartment and a human rights activist ... He calls himself a "tenacious man".

Reading "Chevengur"

Most researchers consider Andrey Platonov's novel "Chevengur" to be a great dystopia, but there are people who are sure that there was a settlement with the same or similar name, for example, Kuchuguri, and with the same fate. And in general, there is a view of Platonov as a brilliant documentarian who did not compose anything, but only recorded how it really was.

Save Private Mikheev

This is the story of an ordinary policeman Alexey Mikheev, who became a victim of his colleagues. He was accused of a crime he didn't commit. Tortured. Unable to withstand the torture, He jumped out of the window and became disabled. For almost 10 years he has been seeking justice.