Soviet beavers vs. industry in a 25-minute ecological standoff. Who wins? Nature, barely.
In the lush green town of Pushchino, scientific plans to establish a nature reserve meet opposition from industry.
Direction
Pchelyakova's patient observational style lets beavers be beavers.
Production
Genuine 1983 Soviet film stock aesthetic, no filter needed.
Director
Galina Pchelyakova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pushchino was a closed scientific city in the USSR; nature reserves here carried symbolic weight beyond ecology.
Galina Pchelyakova made several short documentaries on Soviet environmental conflicts—this survives, most don't.
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