Bonus - The state funeral of Josef Stalin (179)

<p>This episode is sponsored by MUBI, a curated streaming service with an ever-changing collection of hand-picked cinema. From new directors to award-winners. From everywhere on earth. Beautiful, interesting, incredible films — with a new one added every single day.</p><p>Right now on MUBI, you can watch STATE FUNERAL, an astonishing archival vision of the Soviet Union in the days after Joseph Stalin’s death. The film is followed by a Q&amp;A with director Sergei Loznitsa in conversation with Pietro Marcello (<em>Martin Eden</em>). Our listeners can stream this (and much more) with <b>thirty days free </b>at <a href='http://mubi.com/coldwar'>mubi.com/coldwar</a>.</p><p>James Chilcott, Peter Ryan and I had exclusive access to a preview version and in today’s episode we discuss our thoughts on the film.</p><p>State funeral is streaming exclusively on MUBI from May 21 and on MUBI, the film is followed by an exclusive Q&amp;A with director Sergei Loznitsa in conversation with Pietro Marcello (director of <em>Martin Eden</em>)</p><p>Our listeners can watch this film (and much more) with thirty days free at <a href='http://mubi.com/coldwar'>mubi.com/coldwar</a>.<br/><br/><em>Note that STATE FUNERAL won&apos;t be showing on the platform everywhere (release areas include the UK &amp; Ireland, North America, Latin America, Turkey, India, Australia &amp; NZ, Asia, and the Middle East). The trial link will work for anyone worldwide. </em></p><p> </p><p>Hi there, a quick word from your host – <b>we won an award for Best Arts &amp; History podcast </b>at the QTT Media awards last week!</p><p>Cold War Conversations is now officially an award-winning podcast which would not have been possible without all of you that listen to us as well as our financial supporters</p><p>Thank you one and all of you!&nbsp;</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/coldwarpod">Support the show</a> (https://www.patreon.com/coldwarpod)</p>