Chad Gracia

Chad Gracia

55 (1969-09-11)
Bourne, Massachussetts

Chad Gracia is best known for directing the Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning The Russian Woodpecker. His production company, GraciaFilms, produces cinema that highlights the horrors of totalitarianism in Russia and abroad.

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The Russian Woodpecker 2015 (6.3)

As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life and play his part in the revolution by revealing it.
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Gulag Eros of the Russian Mind 2024

The first Soviet sexologist is sent to the gulag and is haunted by stories of fellow inmates. They provide unforgettable vignettes of Soviet sexual brutality, from the utopian ideals of the 1920s, to gay life in the 1930s, the rape of women by those in power, and the use of sexpionage to entrap enemies of the State. A visually compelling exploration of how totalitarianism ultimately destroys all forms of human intimacy. Part 1 of the trilogy "Sex in the Soviet Union."
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Journey to Bakhmut 2023

A director returns to visit his friend and cinematographer on the front lines.