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THE FIRE AND THE SNOW

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Year
1975
Reference
F196060
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1975
Reference
F196060
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa, [Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]
Duration
0:41:08
Production company
Television One, Novisty Press Agency
Credits
Writer: Peter Coates
Producer: Peter Coates
Narrator: Jeremy Stephens
Touring Manager: Marjna Mreydze
Cameramen: Boris Modestov
Cameramen: Leonrd Mjrzoev
Sound: Henrich Davis
Sound: John Carpenter
Editor: Howard Taylor

Peter Coates was in Europe on a Q.E.II broadcasting grant in 1975 studying in Munich, and he directed a couple of documentaries for TVNZ using foreign technical crew while there.

THE FIRE AND THE SNOW is a poetic representation of life in Moscow under communist rule. Attempting to refute some of the archetyping of the day that was promoted in the West, seven different Muscovites are filmed in their home environment, amongst family and friends during the Christmas season.