Film Credits

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 CHÁVEZ
LINDSAY DUNHAM
IAN AND RITA ISAACS
ROBERT ROSENTHAL

 

Online Editor
DAVID RITSHER



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

Super 8 Family Footage
Courtesy of Georgi Ivanov

1987 President Regan’s Speech at the Berlin Wall
Courtesy Ronald Reagan Library

ABC News VideoSource

Legal Advice
JUDY ALEXANDER

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

ADDITIONAL MUSIC

“Fly, Fly My Sadness”
by The Bulgarian Voices Angelite featuring HUUN-HUUR-TU, Sergey Starostin & Mikhail Alperin
Album: Fly, Fly My Sadness
Music Published by JARO Medien ©1997

“Orovela” by The Bulgarian Voices Angelite
featuring 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)

SPECIAL THANKS 

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
David Wecal
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 Chávez & Mark Rabine
Keli Dailey
Wilhelmina Ferrari
James Sandler
Marin Tchakarov


Dedicated to my mother.