margareta nistor

With the censorship of Western movies (gasp!), Romanians had to smuggle in all of our classics from the 80′s right under the nose of commies. Margareta Nistor dubbed more than 5000 films of these films.

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Margareta Nistor dubbed over 5,000 foreign films that entered the country illegally and were distributed on the black market. Her husky and high-pitched voice became the symbol of freedom. ‘Chuck Norris vs. Communism’ follows the story of the tapes, the lives that were touched by them and the people who made it possible for Romanians to escape their harsh reality through the spectacular world of film.

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Shorts Attention Span is a blog about Short Films, Film Festivals, and... ah, crap, we forgot the last thing.

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