"East Side Story"
1997
Directed by Dana Ranga

A unique documentary about the world of Communist musicals--a world unknown in the West. Hearty peasants and workers sing and dance their way through fields and factories in films which border on campiness, in this unorthodox view of socialist propaganda. "Bright as a spangled sputnik. Don't dream of missing East Side Story, with its beach blanket bingo, Bulgarian-style" (Janet Maslin, New York Times).  77 minutes.