Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wgbh Boston
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000F0PJ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,758 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Communism's Shiva : The "People", November 14, 2004

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David Hunt (Kentucky, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: People Power: The End of Soviet-Style Communism [VHS] (VHS Tape)

While every history lesson is of course incomplete, this video touches the hard-to-reach personal side to the end of Soviet-style communism. Through interviews with people who were instrumental in the process, it gives the viewer a sense of what was going on for "the people" in Eastern Europe at the time. The whole story is well put-together and has no appreciable editorial slant. Communism was torn down by the hands of the same people who built it up; this video will help you understand why. In addition, it's extremely enjoyable! One of PBS's best.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An Incomplete History Lesson, February 10, 2001

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"georgemaclaren" (Chesapeake, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: People Power: The End of Soviet-Style Communism [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I purchased this video more as a history lesson for my children. I enjoyed most of the video, especially the video footage from inside the eastern block countries. However, I was disappointed that there was not one mention of the underlying cause for the crumbling of the Soviet Empire. There was little mention of the failure of the communist system of government. Most of the failure was attributed merely to economic conditions. The video did not mention the western military build-up which was responsible for pushing the Soviet Union to the brink of destruction. There was not one mention of Ronald Reagan and the policies which he enacted that were responsible for bringing Gorbechev to the negotiating table. There was little or no mention of the moral failings of the communist system which left the people in fear and dispair. It was as if all of this occurred in a vacuum. This is a typical PBS production which cannot bring itself to give credit to conservative policies and therefore does not give a full accounting of history.