On Friday night, the inspirational documentary The Russian Winter had its world premiere at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. This event had Tff crowds buzzing and drew celebrities like Natasha Bedingfield, Petra Nemcova, Sara Ziff, Michael Kenneth Williams, Ben Taylor and many more. Perhaps the biggest thrill on the red carpet was the appearance of many of the musicians featured in the film: in addition to Bedingfield, Russian artists Sunsay and Alina Orlova crossed continents to be at the premiere in support of John Forte and the film. The Russian Winter is a stirring music documentary to be sure, but in many ways it is just as much a road movie. The film follows former Fugees member John Forte from his early years growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, to the prestigious Philip Exeter Academy, which he attended on scholarship, to a prison cell in Texas following a drug arrest, and ...
- 4/22/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
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