Credits

THE FILM

Written, Directed and Produced by
MIMI CHAKAROVA
 
Edited by
STEPHANIE CHALLBERG
 
Director of Photography
ADAM KEKER
 
Executive Producer
STEPHEN TALBOT
 
In association with
THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
 
Funding for this film was received from
THE GRUBER FAMILY FOUNDATION
THE SHIFTING FOUNDATION
THE MAGNUM FOUNDATION INGE MORATH AWARD
 
This film would not have been possible without
the steady support of the following individuals:
 
DAVID BRESKIN
LYDIA CHAVEZ
LINDSAY DUNHAM
IAN AND RITA ISAACS
ROBERT ROSENTHAL
 
Online Editor:
DAVID RITSHER
 
Post production sound services provided by
SKYWALKER SOUND, A LUCASFILM LTD. COMPANY
MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
 
Engineered and Mixed by
BOB EDWARDS
 
Original Score Composed by
CHRISTOPHER HEDGE
 
Translation
CRISTINA ANDONI
SIBEL ERTIK
 
Additional Camera
JASON BLALOCK
JAMES BUCK
MIMI CHAKAROVA
SACHI CUNNINGHAM
EMILY TAGUCHI
 
Still Photography
MIMI CHAKAROVA
 
Consulting Producer
GEMMA CUBERO
 
Archival Research
EMILY TAGUCHI
 
Legal Advice
JUDY ALEXANDER
 
MUSIC:
 
“Fly, Fly My Sadness” by The Bulgarian Voices - Angelite feat. HUUN-HUUR-TU,
Sergey Starostin & Mikhail Alperin
Album: Fly, Fly My Sadness; Music Published by JARO Medien ©1997
 
“Orovela” by The Bulgarian Voices - Angelite feat. HUUN-HUUR-TU
Album: The Spirit In Past & Present; Music Published by JARO Medien ©1996
 
“Lonely Bird” by The Bulgarian Voices –Angelite featuring HUUN-HUUR-TU & the
Moscow Art Trio
Album: Legend; Composer: Mikhail Alperin; Music Published by JARO Medien ©2010
 
“Journey” by The Bulgarian Voices –Angelite featuring HUUN-HUUR-TU & the
Moscow Art Trio
Album: Legend; Composer: Mikhail Alperin; Music Published by JARO Medien ©2010
 
“Mehmetio” by The Bulgarian Voices –Angelite featuring HUUN-HUUR-TU & the
Moscow Art Trio
Album: Legend; Composer: Ivan Spasov; Music Published by JARO Medien ©2010
 
ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE BY JACK CORDUROY:
 
"My Mother's House"
Written/Performed by Jack Corduroy
with Michael G. Ronstadt (cello)
©2010 Corduroy Audio (ASCAP)
 
"Broken and Running"
Written/Performed by Jack Corduroy
with Michael G. Ronstadt (cello)
©2010 Corduroy Audio (ASCAP)
 
"At Home"
Written by Michael G. Ronstadt and Jack Corduroy
Performed by Michael G. Ronstadt
©2010 Corduroy Audio (ASCAP)
 
“Dance For Me” by Cunninlynguists ©2010 (Courtesy of Kno)
 
Super 8 Family Footage: Courtesy of Georgi Ivanov
 
1987 President Regan’s Speech at the Berlin Wall: Courtesy Ronald Reagan Library
 
ABC News VideoSource
 

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ABROAD AND AT HOME:

Ayla Albayrak
Cristina Andoni
Hakan Ayaz
Anna Badkhen
Bob Calo
Carrie Ching
Jennifer Clark
Kelly Cronen
Joe Davidson
Topher Delaney
Caner Dogan
Ahmed Elewa
Jon Else
Sibel Ertik
Fantasy Studios
Fifty Crows Gallery, San Francisco
Lilia Gorceag and the staff at IOM
Sam Green
Sertac Kahyaoglu
Konstadis Kampourakis
Nihan Kayaardi
Maggie Lazaridis
Susan Meiselas
Dragan Miric
PBS FRONTLINE/World
Ana Revenco
Niki Roubani
Hrvoje Salkovic
Mark Schapiro
Christa Scharfenberg and the staff at CIR
Orville Schell
Jonathan Soverns
Nadia Strakova
Georgios Vanikiotis
Ion Vizdoga
Milt Wallace
Lewis Watts
Carmel Wroth
UC Berkeley’ s Graduate School of Journalism
UC Berkeley’ s Townsend Center for the Humanities

AND TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR PUTTING UP WITH SEVEN YEARS:

Gabriela Chakarova
Lydia Chavez & Mark Rabine
Keli Dailey
Wilhelmina Ferrari
James Sandler
Marin Tchakarov

Dedicated to my mother

Mimi Chakarova, all rights reserved 2011

 

 
 

 


MULTIMEDIA SERIES

Reporter and Photographer
MIMI CHAKAROVA

Co-produced by
MIMI CHAKAROVA and CARRIE CHING
 
Project Advisors
ROBERT ROSENTHAL and LYDIA CHAVEZ

Video Editor
CARRIE CHING

Print Editor
LYDIA CHAVEZ

Web Design
JULIE JOHNSON

Web Producer
CARRIE CHING

Web Development
AF83 and HAPPY SNOWMAN TECH

On-location Video
NADIA STRAKOVA and JAMES BUCK

Project Interns
JULIE JOHNSON and CARMEL WROTH

Translation
CRISTINA ANDONI (ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN), LAURA VLAD (ROMANIAN) and YULIA WEEKS (RUSSIAN)

Music
SOFIA VICOVEANCA (JENEA), FOLK SCAT (AURICA), THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX MALE CHOIR (CORINA), ANDREI KRYLOV (OLESEA)

Project Support
THE GRUBER FAMILY FOUNDATION
THE SHIFTING FOUNDATION
THE MAGNUM FOUNDATION INGE MORATH AWARD

THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS:

Ian and Rita Isaacs, Linda Gruber, Lindsay Dunham, David Breskin, David Logan, Allen and Julie Benello, James Carruthers, Maurice Kanbar, Mark Boyer, Steve Derby, Craig Albert, Brian Feltzin, Andrew Martin, Tracey Brownfield, Laura Curtin, Charlyn Belluzzo, The Center for Investigative Reporting, PBS’ FRONTLINE/World, The Graduate School of Journalism and the Townsend Center for the Humanities at the University of California at Berkeley, The International Organization for Migration, La Strada and USAID.

ALSO SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IN MOLDOVA AND OTHER LOCATIONS ABROAD AND AT HOME:

Cristina Andoni, Ana Revenco, Nelly Babcinschi, Lilia Gorceag, Viorel Gorceag, Martin Wyss, Irina Todorova, Ion Vizdoga, Nadia Strakova, Mark Schapiro, Kelly Cronen, Ahmed Elewa, James Sandler, Jenny Clark, Joe Davidson, Christa Scharfenberg, Milt Wallace, Cherilyn Parsons, Mark Rabine and Susan Meiselas.