Dutch Estonian novelist Sana Valiulina investigates the life of her father who was compelled to betray Stalin’s Soviet Union by serving the Nazi war machine
Last year, amidst the covid shut-down, the True/False Film Festival, an annual documentary festival held in Columbia, Mo., opted for a limited in-person fest, with the option of a virtual version that came with a literal box-full of accompaniments (including a selection of spray-bottle aromatics keyed to each presentation). While long on creativity the boxes were pale approximations of the glory of actually being at the festival itself, surrounded by fellow documentary fans and enjoying the joie de vivre of the five-day celebration of the form.