A good documentary, on the USSR though not modern Russia, is The Human Face of Russia. You can find it on YouTube. It’s Australian as well so it’s interesting seeing a look into the Soviet Union from the point of view of a country that is aligned with the US but without so much Red Scare propaganda.
In terms of dramas you may find In the Name of the People interesting.
For documentaries, I’ve recently seen mentions of How Yukong Moved the Mountains, although I haven’t yet found a place to watch it.
There’s also a large collection of leftist movies which includes fictional dramas and documentaries about USSR and PRC over on hexbear. https://hexbear.net/post/9615
Edit: CGTN also has some good documentaries on modern and historical events.
Where can I watch that one?
In the Name of the People is on YouTube.
Ya but no english subtitles
A good documentary, on the USSR though not modern Russia, is The Human Face of Russia. You can find it on YouTube. It’s Australian as well so it’s interesting seeing a look into the Soviet Union from the point of view of a country that is aligned with the US but without so much Red Scare propaganda.
Go ask on lemmygrad. Kinda serious.
Might depend what you mean by ‘things’, there’s Chinese reality tv shows with English subs, an interesting one which got popular last year was about a local police station.
It was bizarre because it had cutesy graphics and sound effects overlaid with a guy being questioned for sexual assault of a minor
Not a series but Death of Stalin is a super funny movie that is actually closer to reality than one might think.
Ya, can’t believe Steve Buschemi’s innit. I’m deceased!
The Americans maybe? Although in USA but shows few things about USSR.
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. I was going to say the same.
Not sure either and doesn’t bother me. I doubt there is such tv series with English subs too… neither Chinese nor Soviets would present the system as it was (is).
Obviously there are things like that. Like when normal white people get sentences to death and shit, there’s CCP footage available with subtitles and stuff.
A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich
Its a movie based on a book by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, about a man in a russian gulag. You can find it on Youtube.
Eh, it’s heavily dramatized and was recorded in English but HBO’s Chernobyl miniseries might be worth checking out if you’re interested in things like one-party rule and conspiracies in authoritarian regimes.
TIL China is a one-party system with English subs
For a fictional world check out Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
If you want a fairly recent on the group English perspective then check out the YouTuber Bald and Bankrupt. China is harder as most YouTubers there are paid propaganda. Maybe check out YouTubers laowhy86 and serpentza as they lived in China for over a decade and then had to run. Interesting takes for all 3 above. What I find most interesting is that most of their criticisms can also be levied on their home countries if you can get past the fog.
Laowhy and serpentza are racist dirtbags grifting off all the China hate that’s everywhere in the west. They had to run for a reason, and that reason was that they were and are spreading hate speech.
Katherine’s Journey to the East, Li Jingjing, or Daniel Dumbrill will much more accurately present life in the different parts of China.
Something like Hotel Rwanda or A Hologram for The King with a lot of general dysfunction and corruption might be worth a look too. People imagine a place like China has hyper-competent leadership in total unity for the evulz, but the truth is it’s often the same depressing shit, just with the financing for a facade of modernity.
