In the name of love / a film by Shannon O'Rourke ; producer & director, Shannon O'Rourke ; SOR Productions, Inc.

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Russia's dismal post-Soviet economy has given rise to widespread alcoholism, depression, and divorce. One consequence is that many desperate young Russian women turn to marriage agencies in a bid to escape--those linking Russian women with "rich" American men are thriving. Filmed principally in St....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hulsizer, Daniel (Composer)
Corporate Authors: SOR Productions, Inc
New Day Films
Other Authors: O'Rourke, Shannon (Director, Producer)
Pollack, Sydney, 1934-2008 (Producer)
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA : Harriman, NY : SOR Productions Inc. ; Distributed by New Day Films, [2002], ©2002.
Subjects:
Foreign spouses.
Mail order brides > Russia (Federation)
Marriage brokerage > Russia (Federation)
Intercountry marriage > United States.
Single mothers > Russia (Federation) > Economic conditions.
Culture shock > United States.
Women > Russia (Federation) > Social life and customs.
Women > Russia (Federation) > Social conditions.
Women > Former Soviet republics > Social conditions.
Women > Russia (Federation) > Economic conditions.
Women > Former Soviet republics > Economic conditions.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Modern day mail order brides.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Russia's dismal post-Soviet economy has given rise to widespread alcoholism, depression, and divorce. One consequence is that many desperate young Russian women turn to marriage agencies in a bid to escape--those linking Russian women with "rich" American men are thriving. Filmed principally in St. Petersburg over several years, this film examines the motiviations of two agency heads and follows several of these women as they seek a brighter future. Told from all these women's point of view, this is an often brilliant, funny, and unflinching examination of a cultural reality: the 'mail-order bride' with a clear-eyed certainty about what she is doing, and why.
Note:This disc has been recorded using DVD-R equipment and may not play in all DVD players or drives.
Videorecording.
Call Number:VIDEO I
Awards:CINE Golden Eagle Award; Best Documentary, Portland Women's Film Festival; Best Documentary, Temecula Film Festival.
Credits:Executive producer, Sydney Pollack ; editor, Yana Gorskaya ; cinematographer, Sergei Drozdovsky, Chapin Wilson ; composer, Daniel Hulsizer ; translation, Grisha Dimant, Konstantin Evgienko, Nadya Karypkina, Olga Khramova, Andre Koutouza, Inga Sakovich.
System Details:DVD-R.
Participant or Performer:
Ina Kremert, Lynn Visson, Michael "Mondo" Mondini, Svetlana Zagordnikova, Svetlana Novikova, Elena Voskressenskaya, Mike Potter, John O'Scanlon, Elena Roche, Vladimir Paperny, Warren Roche.