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A Soviet version of Martin Parr: Adam Curtis’s Russia 1985-1999 –TraumaZone reviewed

Affectionate, mocking, mystifying and bleak but not boring – and it’s refreshing not having someone’s directorial opinion rammed down your throat

Adam Curtis’s TraumaZone is like a Soviet version of Martin Parr’s photos, part affectionate, part mocking, part mystifying. Credit: Screen grab from archive footage/Curtis Productions
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