Kurt Andersen explores the cultural life of former Soviet and communist states, from Georgia's past as the hotbed of Soviet filmmaking, to a klezmer festival that is trying to revive Jewish culture in Poland. Russian-American author Irina Reyn tells Kurt about her new novel, What Happened to Anna K., a modern update of Anna Karenina.
Banner image: In his monologue, Nikolai Khazelin Theatre describes his 1998 arrest and political incarceration, and explains how in Belarus, jeans have become a symbol of freedom. Photo: Belarus Free Theatre