: The story follows investigator Alexander Turetsky as he investigates what initially looks like a routine domestic murder. As the probe deepens, he discovers that the case involves the highest echelons of the Soviet military and political leadership.
: The film documents the suppression of artists who worked "underground," famously highlighting Nikita Khrushchev’s 1962 denunciation of modern art and the "Bulldozer Exhibition" of 1974. Chyornyy kvadrat(1993)
: Named after Kazimir Malevich’s iconic painting, it chronicles the history of "unofficial" avant-garde art in the USSR from the post-Stalin era to the late 1980s. : The story follows investigator Alexander Turetsky as
: It includes footage and interviews with prominent underground figures like Ilya Kabakov and Erik Bulatov . The Cultural Context of the Title : Named after Kazimir Malevich’s iconic painting, it
In the , it represents the "black hole" of state secrets and corruption.