Release Date : May 9, 2008 Wide Genre Movie :Documentary,Special Interest
Mpaa Rating : Unrated
Actors :Elie Wiesel,Mikhail Gorbachev,Alan M. Dershowitz,Zev Yaroslavsky,Vladimir Slepak,Anatoly Shcharansky,Yuli Edelstein,Valery Panov,George Shultz
Historically speaking, documentarist Laura Bialis' nonfiction effort Refusenik marks one of the first cinematic attempts to chronicle the decades-long liberation of Soviet Jews, from the early years of the 20th century through the end of the Cold War. Drawing from archival footage and extended interviews, Bialis documents the process by which a regionally oriented, grassroots social-activist movement ultimately ballooned into as massive, transcontinental human-rights crusade. By shining a light on the activists who risked their safety (and, in some cases, their lives) -- many enduring hellish years in Gulag labor camps -- Bialis' film explores the concepts of martyrdom and self-sacrifice, even as the director carefully defines a broader socio-historical progression. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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One credits their naivete as the best tool to change history, as, because of it, they refused to cave in to excuse-making politicians and initial indifference in the Jewish-American community.Dennis Harvey-Variety
There are fascinating archival clips that show rare glimpses of early years of struggle behind the Iron Curtain, while the story eventually moves through such momentous footage as the Helsinki Accords and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Sid Smith-Chicago Tribune
The result is a documentary that plays like a fat, satisfying work of nonfiction literature -- the final word because it seems to contain every word.
Ty Burr-Boston Globe
Packed with an extraordinary amount of archival material, the film offers a fascinating, if occasionally dense look at a grass-roots movement that became the world's chance to retroactively fight Hitler's Holocaust.
Gary Goldstein-Los Angeles Times
Refusenik falls short as entertainment because of the plodding, overly studious approach of the director, Laura Bialis.
Laura Kern-New York Times
Visually and intellectually brisk, the movie is as lively as its subjects' gumption is humbling.
Mark Holcomb-Time Out New York
A conventional but generally well-made documentary about Jewish refuseniks
Sarah Boslaugh-Playback:stl
Neat and nice is good for textbook supplements, but aren't gonna cut it cinematically when the story itself is the only thing going.
Matthew Nestel-Boxoffice Magazine
[Director] Bialis chronicles all this with perhaps too much thoroughness. But, given the nature of the subject, you get the sense that she doesn't want to leave out any voice, no matter if they add little in the way of new information.
Glenn Whipp-Los Angeles Daily News
[An] absorbing portrait of the refusenik movement of the 1960s and '70s.
Ella Taylor-L.A. Weekly
Refusenik's opening on Israel's 60th birthday could not have been more timely.
Cynthia Fuchs-PopMatters
Refusenik does not so much capture the moment as it does educate, however, with material so compelling and inspiring, a thorough education serves.
Jordan Hiller-Bangitout.com
Using title cards, interviews, and endless archival footage, Bialis is able to tie a very specific history to the course of 20th century upheaval.
Paul Schrodt-Slant Magazine
Refusenik is a little dry in its presentation, relying on a conventional mix of talking heads and stock footage. But Bialis has good footage to work with, including some film shot by the BBC in Moscow using equipment smuggled in by tourists.
Noel Murray-AV Club
One can only hope that future films about today's most pressing humanitarian crises have such unambiguously happy endings.
Stan Hall-Oregonian
The story of the nearly thirty years of courage in the face of repression in the Soviet Union. This is polished and evocative filmmaking.
Mark R. Leeper-rec.arts.movies.reviews
What is revealing here is the heretofore unseen civil-rights movement, small but dedicated, that began in the 1960s behind the Iron Curtain.
Sean Axmaker-Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A heartwarming doc about the decades-long struggle to free Jews from Soviet oppression.
Harvey S. Karten-Compuserve
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