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Documentary: Chuck Norris vs Communism

Documentary: Chuck Norris vs Communism
Published 9 Sep 2016   Follow @SamRoggeveen

This film, about the impact of contraband American VHS tapes on communist-era Romania, was released last year. The version below, available free on Vimeo and YouTube, runs to 55-odd minutes, but IMDB lists the film as having a running time of 78 minutes, so this may not be the whole thing, but it is a pretty good taste:

[vimeo:156123591]

From the film's website, here's a synopsis:

In 1980s Romania, thousands of Western films smashed through the Iron Curtain opening a window into the free world for those who dared to look. A black-market VHS racketeer and a courageous female translator brought the magic of film to the people and sparked a revolution.