The Desert of Forbidden Art

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 10, 2011

Filmmakers Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev discuss their latest film, "The Desert of Forbidden Art", which tells the incredible story of how a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions of dollars came to be stashed in a far-off desert in Uzbekistan. Today, the work of Igor Savisky and his colleagues is described as one of the most remarkable collections of 20th century Russian art, yet it remains endangered—a lucrative target for Islamic fundamentalists, corrupt bureaucrats, and art profiteers.

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