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Mar 11, 2011 · PG. 1h 20m. By Neil Genzlinger. March 10, 2011. True stories of individuals who risked everything to save people or artworks or historical records from tyrants are always stirring, but at this ...
- Tchavdar Georgiev, Amanda Pope
89% Tomatometer 18 Reviews 88% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Igor Savitsky rescues 40,000 pieces of forbidden art and creates a museum. Read More Read Less Where to Watch Reviews Cast & Crew...
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- Documentary, Adventure, Biography, History, Drama, War
- Tchavdar Georgiev, Amanda Pope
The Desert of Forbidden Art tells the fascinating true story of a former aristocrat's efforts to save banned Soviet art in a remote desert area during the perilous Stalinist era.
Mar 18, 2011 · “The Desert of Forbidden Art” tells a tale that is stranger than fiction several times over. Viewers of this remarkable documentary will be astonished at not only what this art looks like...
Mar 9, 2011 · The documentary The Desert of Forbidden Art recounts the unlikely tale of this heroic cultural resuscitator as he sneakily tries to build a safe haven for non-propaganda art in a remote region of Kazakhstan throughout much of the 20th century.
Mar 11, 2011 · Savitsky amasses an eclectic mix of Russian Avant-Garde art. But his greatest discovery is an unknown school of artists who settle in Uzbekistan after the Russian revolution of 1917, encountering a unique Islamic culture, as exotic to them as Tahiti was for Gauguin.
This amazing story, with characters as wild and bizarre and wonderful as any you'll see in any flick, is terrifying, heartwarming, funny, and hugely human. Even if you're not an art-lover, this tale tells so much about our times, there's no way to not be moved.
