Colour Me Free
When Victor Yushchenko takes the stage to accept the Presidency of Ukraine, it looks like a massive spontaneous movement has swept him to power.
Was it spontaneous? COLOUR ME FREE shows where the massive, citizen-led energy came from, then crosses the border to Russia and Belarus where the tremendous hope of the Orange Revolution inspires democracy activists preparing to topple Putin and Lukashenka.
The Kremlin is wary of the “orange wave” of freedom; it has studied Ukraine’s success and not only co-opts the same strategies, but demonstrates that it will wield political influence through oil and gas pricing. In Belarus, Lukashenka does everything he can to cut off any democratic tendencies swiftly and brutally.
Six months before the elections in Belarus, civil society and the opposition is disorganized and demoralized. Belarusian KGB identifies key trends in “people power” movements sweeping the region. COLOUR ME FREE delineates those trends and shows the cat-and-mouse game engaged by democracy activists and the dictator.
As the clock ticks down to election day, the lines are drawn for a pitched battle. To a large extent Belarusians are on their own. But does Lukashenka understand the valour of the human soul? COLOUR ME FREE documents a remarkable “revolution of the spirit” in a dispirited nation.
Languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian
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