Our New President
The election of US President Donald Trump in 2016 turns into a cynical Russian intervention in elections that reveal much of the counterfeit news and modern information warfare methods. It is the story of the election of Donald Trump, who dealt with Russian propaganda in a strange, exciting and funny way.
30 October 1981, New York City, New York, USA
17 September 1933, New Hartford, Iowa, USA
20 January 1972, Bamberg, South Carolina, USA
December 12, 1979 in Baku, Azerbaidzhanskaya SSR, USSR [now Azerbajan]
4 August 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
26 October 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 April 1970, Novo Mesto, Slovenia, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia]
14 June 1946, New York City, New York, USA
23 September 1978, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR
October 20, 1963 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
July 25, 2018
It's ironic that a film damning the use of propaganda is blatantly propaganda itself, as Pozdorovkin lacks the confidence to let the various clips speak for themselves, using obtrusive techniques to spell out the eerie nature of his footage.
May 03, 2018
Pandering to the new McCarthyism of the pseudoleft with dollops of Evil Putin porn only clouds the film's gonzo entertainment value, revealing its dangerous blind spots and ideological bent.
January 20, 2018
A heady lesson in how fake news really works - and how far back it stretches.
March 02, 2018
Our New President paints a harrowing picture of what it must be like as a citizen dictated by a vain billionaire who has taken away almost all journalistic outlets besides RT and YouTube, which he has filled with trolls.
September 07, 2018
With no central voice guiding it, it feels aimless, not sure whether it is a horror movie or a comedy. Sometimes it feels like a hard hitting look at Russian media and other times it feels like some absurd parody that we should be laughing at.
January 22, 2018
Our New President merely scratches the surface, and in its own weird way, comes to embody the plague of shallow spectacle it purports to fight against.
August 08, 2018
It's a scattergun approach that all adds up to compelling evidence of an orchestrated campaign led from the very top.
January 19, 2018
An impressively assembled work, edited with brio by Pozdorovkin and Matvey Kulakov.
July 16, 2018
In general, the tone is playful and satirical, making use of a quick montage that adapts to the information frenzy and the desire for immediacy that we are currently experiencing. [Full review in Spanish]
January 31, 2018
However impressive the collection, there's little beyond shock value in watching Russians on vlogs and TV shows praising Trump.
May 23, 2018
Alternately amuses, shocks and enrages, revealing concerted Russian propaganda efforts, backed by Vladimir Putin's state-controlled media, that range from the comically paranoid to the scarily sophisticated.
April 26, 2018
A portrait of a nation determined to keep its citizens gossiping about foreign politics so they won't question what's happening in their own government.
