A Maybe Day in Kazakhstan
1994 · Mark Kidel · 30 min
Commissioned to mark the 2,500th ‘anniversary of democracy’/Kleisthenes’ reform of the Athenian constitution. The film reflects on the aspirations of a recently democratised Kazakhstan, following the break-up of the former Soviet Union. A film-poem in which Tony Harrison explores a flea market in Kazakhstan where memorabilia from the Communist regime is sold. In Harrison's eyes it is `a nightmare version of democracy'.
- Director
- Mark Kidel
- Original language
- English
- Released
- 1 May 1994
- Status
- Released
- Length
- 30 min
