The Russian Woodpecker

While researching a secret Soviet antenna at Chernobyl, which interrupted global radio communications from 1976 – 1989, Fedor Alexandrovich uncovers a dark conspiracy. The scientists and military men dismiss his warnings that Russia is behind a massive cover-up and he descends into a nightmare where he battles the antenna on his own terms. When he is invited to address the crowds in Kiev’s Revolution Square during height of the protests, he fears that powerful men may kill him if he speaks out.

WINNER OF WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY GRAND JURY AWARD, SUNDANCE 2015

Directed by Chad Gracia

“a rollicking ride of masterly narrative construction unlike any other documentary in Sundance”