Away From All Suns (2013) - DVD

In the back alleys of Moscow, forgotten treasures lurk: Utopian buildings, built in the 1920s in the spirit of Russian constructivism. Ruins of another future, reflecting the hopes and aberrations of modernity. Aren't the buildings calling out to us? What do these buildings hold for us? What will be wiped out, once the last ones fall prey to decay or into the hands of real estate-investors?

AWAY FROM ALL SUNS! follows three Muscovites who are struggling with the buildings' heritage. A journey through time to the revolutionary 1920s and a portrait of Russian society today. The filmmaker works with passages of manifestos by Rodchenko, El Lissitzky and Vesnin, as well as rare documentary footage from early Soviet film, among others by Dziga Vertov.