Past Imperfect

When Hungarian filmmaker Marta Meszaros made her way to the isolated central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan to shoot the last of a series of autobiographical films two years ago, her trip did more than dig up the memory of her father's execution at the hands of the Stalinist regime. It brought to light the millions of similarly tragic stories, gathering dust for decades, hidden behind the 'official' histories.

July 1, 2001

When Hungarian filmmaker Marta Meszaros made her way to the isolated central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan to shoot the last of a series of autobiographical films two years ago, her trip did more than dig up the memory of her father's execution at the hands of the Stalinist regime. It brought to light the millions of similarly tragic stories, gathering dust for decades, hidden behind the 'official' histories.