This week's challenge: watch Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone.

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Edited by Alex Cox

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TraumaZone Reviews:

• TraumaZone: Adam Curtis’s nightmarish study of the Soviet Union’s downfall | Dazed
• Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone review – ingenious, essential viewing from Adam Curtis | Documentary | The Guardian
• Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone, review: Adam Curtis' astonishing autopsy will leave you wide-eyed
• Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone review: Adam Curtis’s magic lantern through Russia - New Statesman
• TraumaZone: Adam Curtis' documentary 'TraumaZone' traces circumstances in post-Soviet Russia that led to rise of Vladimir Putin - The Economic Times
• Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone review – ingenious, essential viewing from Adam Curtis | Documentary | The Guardian

(Recorded Wednesday, November 7, 2022)

Next week's challenge: do something…visual.