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Moscow, 1988. Arbat Street, 11:47 PM.

A teacher, red-faced, pounds the podium. "Comrades, the West wants to destroy our values!" Russian.Teens.3.Glasnost.Teens

The tape hiss crackles. A handheld camera wobbles, refocusing on three figures huddled around a contraband boom box. This isn't the polished propaganda reel of Russian.Teens.1 (1984, Pioneers saluting Brezhnev’s portrait). Nor is it the anxious dread of Russian.Teens.2 (1986, Chernobyl’s ash falling on Kiev playgrounds). Moscow, 1988

For the first time, they aren't whispering. 1988. Arbat Street