Colour Revolutions in the Post-communist Space: Screening and Discussion
Friday, February 8, 2008 —
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Munk Centre For International Studies
1 Devonshire Place
A screening of a documentary Colour Me Free (48 min) followed by a discussion on the wave of democracy and authoritarianism in the post-communism space.
Film Synopsis: At the beginning of the 2000’s it seemed as if the world was going to experience a fourth wave of democratisation. In 2003 Georgia had their rose revolution, in 2004 Ukraine had their orange revolution and the 2005 Kyrgyzstan had their tulip revolution. All of them came as a consequence of election fraud, so everything seemed to build up towards the 2006 Belarusian presidential election. Unfortunately for Belarus, their revolution blue did not carry the day.
The film was recently chosen as an official selection for the 2007 Montreal World Film Festival and the Bergen International Film Festival in Bergen, Norway.
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