Producer/Director/Editor

Jacki Ochs

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Director of Photography

James Livingstone

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Script

Jacki Ochs, based on a correspondence between poets Arkadii Dragomoshchenko and and Lyn Hejinian 1988-1993

 

Voice of Lyn Hejinian

Lili Taylor

 

Voice of Arkadii Dragomoshchenko 

Victor Nord

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Music

Larry Ochs

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Additional Solo Piano 

Sergei Kuriokhin

 

Sound Desi􀀨gn 

Margaret Crimmins and Paul D. Hsu 

 

Associate Producers 

Marie Cieri 

Alexey Adashevsky (Soviet production) 

 

Special thanks to the following two families 

for their participation in the film

 

USA 

Lily Bernheimer 

Melissa Riley 

Alan Bernheimer 

 

Russia 

Andre Surovtsev 

Lena Surovtseva 

Kostantin Surovtsev

 

Additional Camera 

Jacki Ochs 

Daniel Keller

 

Camera Assistant 

Brian Wachs

 

Location Sound Recording 

Carol Ochs 

Charles Light

 

The filmmaker gratefully acknowledges the appearances of the many people of both Russia and the United States, especially the following people and organizations:

 

Alexey Adashevsky 

Veronika Akimova 

Columbia County Agricultural Society 

Columbia County Fair, New York 

Cooperative Zolotie Runo 

Arkadii Dragomoshchenko 

Zina Dragomoshchenko 

Ostap Dragomoshchenko 

Galina Filippovna 

Food Not Bombs, Berkeley, CA 

Franklin County Agricultural Fair, Massachusetts 

Nicolai Gordienko and friends 

Peter Grodnitsky 

Diane Hall 

Doug Hall 

Shannon Hall 

Anna Hejinian 

Lyn Hejinian 

Vsevolod Hertz

the people of Hoags Comers, New York 

Joie Chitwood's Chevy Thunder Show 

Micah Kroeze 

Vladimir Kroll and friends 

Victor Lapitsky 

Ray Larsen 

Victor Mazin 

Alyessa Mazin 

The Moscow Circus 

the people of People's Park, Berkeley, CA 

Roland Samiya 

Daria Sapognikoff 

Nina Anatolyivna Sapognikoff 

Mal and Sandra Sharp 

Yelena Komissarova Sidorovna and friends 

John Simons 

Warren Sonbert 

Galina Tichomirova and fellow workers 

Anna Vilova