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1 online resource (85 minutes) |
| Summary |
In 1970, in the middle of the Cold War, an American patrol boat meets a Soviet fishing vessel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Suddenly, a Lithuanian sailor jumps across ten feet of icy water, landing on the deck of the American boat in a frantic bid for political asylum. To his horror, the Americans return him to the Soviets. Told through incredible archival footage and re-lived by the would-be defector Simas Kudirka himself, the tale takes us on a stranger-than-fiction journey of imprisonment, twists of fate, and the price of becoming a symbol of freedom |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed June 30, 2021) |
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In English, Lithuanian, Latvian with English subtitles |
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Best Doc Award, Warsaw International Film Festival, 2020 |
| Subject |
Kudirka, Simas
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| SUBJECT |
Kudirka, Simas. fast (OCoLC)fst00016383 |
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Political refugees -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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Political refugees -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Cold War.
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Political refugees.
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Soviet Union.
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United States.
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Biographies.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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History.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Žickytė, Giedre, 1980- director, producer.
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Cekulis, Uldis, producer
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Film Platform, film distributor.
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