The screening of Sergei Loznitsa's "State Funeral" will be followed by a conversation with the director himself, Sergei Loznitsa, and Julia Loktev, director of "My Undesirable Friends." The film offers a riveting study of Josef Stalin’s cult of personality, utilizing unseen archival footage of his funeral and the widespread mourning across the Soviet Union.

State Funeral (ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ ПОХОРОНЫ) with Sergei Loznitsa (Director), Julia Loktev (Director)

The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.