Ballad of Bering Strait
Nina Gilden Seavey
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Plot Summary
"The Ballad of Bering Strait" is a cinema-verite film following seven Russian teenagers who have come to America to become country music stars. Principle photography began in July 1999 when the band, Bering Strait, entered the United States and began recording their first album in Nashville. The film documents the band responding to the twists and turns of the recording industry, rehearsing for their tour, preparing for their debut concert at the Grand Ole Opry, charting the course for their career with their managers, and living every-day life on the farm where they reside in rural Tennessee. The crew traveled with the band to their homes in Obninsk, Russia and to their music conservatories in Moscow, documenting how these two girls and five boys became so adept at playing American country music. The film culminates with the band's arrival on the U.S. stage at Wolf Trap National Park. "The Ballad of Bering Strait" is a two and a half year epic that follows Bering Strait's amazing cultural fusion-coming of age journey in America.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
67%- Reviews Counted: 12
- Fresh: 8
- Rotten: 4
- Average Rating: 5.9/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: This competently made picture seems a rehash, and not a terribly interesting one.
Fresh: What makes the story worthwhile is the candor and personality of the band members.
Fresh: It's a coming-out party of a project that is never less than engaging.
Fresh: Echoes the trajectory of the post-Communist-bloc region itself, unmoored and at the mercy of pitiless capitalist forces.
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