



Special Collections Research Center University of Michigan Library
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
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During the era of the Cold War, Soviet censorship blocked the paths for countless Russian writers to share their works with the public. Two literary critics based in the U.S. - in Ann Arbor, Michigan - Carl Proffer and Ellendea Proffer Teasley, took it upon themselves to open Ardis Publishing in the basement of their home, bringing works by Vladimir Nabokov, Joseph Brodsky, Sasha Sokolov, Sergey Dovlatov and many others to the world, and in the process single-handedly changed the course of 20th century Russian literature forever.
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Presented in English and Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 1hr 34m ​

CREATIVE TEAM
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Authors: Anton Zhelnov, Anna Narinskaya
Directed by Ivan Yudin
Creative Producer: Ilya Belov
consultant: Nikolay Uskov
Director of Photography: Rafael Bulatov
Composer: Victor Skorobenko
Executive Producer: Evgeniy Balamutenko
Producers: Sofia Kapkova, Natalya Golodova
Presented by MART Foundation
FEATURING
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Ellendea Proffer Teasley
Carl Proffer
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Joseph Brodsky
Sergey Dovlatov
Sasha Sokolov