Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible Episode 2 of 5
In the early 2000s, Peter Pomerantsev (the son of Russian political exiles) came to Moscow to work in the fast-growing television industry. He was perfectly placed to witness the transformation of the New Russia on its journey from communist collapse to a new form of dictatorship.
In a series of character studies, the subjects of Pomerantsev's reality TV documentaries, we glimpse the ways in which the Russian people have responded to and acted upon the opportunities of Putin's new world order. In this episode we meet Vitaly, the gangster-turned-filmmaker, who studied his favourite American mafia movies and then turned his auto-theft crimes into the subject of a hit drama series.
Written by Peter Pomerantsev Read by Justin Salinger Abridged by Robin Brooks Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
First broadcast: 27 Jan 2015 (b05077k4) http://vk.com/wall-84750475_7