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Fedor Alexandrovich is a radioactive man. He was 4 years old when he was exposed to the toxic effects of the Chernobyl accident. Now 33, he lives in Ukraine and, along with the strontium in his bones, he has a singular obsession with the tragedy that marked his childhood. Was there more to the story than what the Soviet authorities had said? And what part did the mysterious metal pyramid Duga – a weapon known as the ‘Russian woodpecker’, which is rotting at the site – play? Winner of the best documentary at the international competition of the Sundance Film Festival 2015.
Chad Gracia
He has worked for over 20 years in the theater in New York as a director, playwright and producer. His plays have been performed on stages throughout America and Europe. In 2013, he and Pulitzer Prize-winner Yusef Komunyakaa wrote Gilgamesh, a stage adaptation of the life of the Sumerian king. The Russian Woodpecker is his first feature film.
