Liberty Now is a weekly television program in the metropolitan New York area.
Hosted by Ilya Levkov, the show invites many of the Libery Publishing authors, as well as other prominent writer, poets, historians, politicians, composers and artists.
All interviews will be made available on www.Libertynow.TV shortly after airing.
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Ilya Levkov Interviews Slava Tsukerman in Russian.
Slava Tsukerman, best known as the director/writer/producer of a cult classic Liquid Sky, has directed internationally 43 films of different genres. He has received 13 awards from many international film festivals.
Tsukerman discusses his documentary Once Upon a Time There Were Russians in Jerusalem, produced by Israeli Television, was a first prize winner at the Tenth Hollywood Festival of World Television.
Part 2 of interview with Slava Tsukerman in Russian.
Tsukerman made his debut at the age of 21, as the director/writer/producer of I Believe in Spring. This first independently made fiction short in the Soviet Union history, won First Prize in the Moscow Amateur Film Festival, was awarded in the Film Festival in Montreal and was successfully released nationally.
Tsukerman discusses his latest film Perestroika, and some of his films including Liquid Sky and Poor Liza.
Part 3 of interview with Slava Tsukerman in English.
Slava Tsukerman made his debut at the age of 21, as the director/writer/producer of I Believe in Spring. This first independently made fiction short in the Soviet Union history, won First Prize in the Moscow Amateur Film Festival, was awarded in the Film Festival in Montreal and was successfully released nationally.
Tsukerman discusses his latest film Perestroika, and some of his films including Liquid Sky and Poor Liza.
Maksim Korsakov is a Liberty Publishing author specializing in historical thrillers in central Asia, specifically tales about Genghis Kahn. An engineer by vocation, and entrepreneur by trade, Korsakov has lived and traveled extensively throughout Central Asia.
In this interview Korsakov discusses his latest novel "Khranitil Sarkrovich"(Guardian of Treasure), and his other novel "Don Prison" about his travails in a Canadian jail.
The Romanian identical twins Gabriela and Michaela Modorcea are the musical due Indiggo. Their debut took place in 1997 on Romanian National Television, and they released their first album appeared in 2000 with Media Pro Music.
They have enjoyed tremendous success in Romania, Germany and the United States. In 2008, Indiggo appears on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent”, and made it to the semi-finals. Mihaela and Gabriela have gained popularity performing at top rated clubs/theatres/entertainment venues in NY such as the The Cutting Room, Crash Mansion, The BOX, China Club, Greenhouse, Club Midway, The Knitting Factory, Santos House Party, Birdland, Opia, Sugarbar and more....
Alexander Zagoroulko is a distinguish medical scientist and Dean of the International Medical University in Simferepol, Ukraine and the author of 10 publications in Russian several of which have been translated into English.
His poetic works are lyrical and present the ethics of pure Christian values. His recent three novels are in the vein of historical-documented novel in which Zagoroulko unveils the historical panoramas of Russia, Ukraine and Europe from the First World War through the end of the 20th Century. His heroes are historical personalities intertwined with regular witnesses of these historical events. It is a great pleasure to read his work be they poetry or prose.
Alexander Zagoroulko –a distinguish medical scientist and Dean of the International Medical University in Simferepol, Ukraine and the author of 10 publications in Russian several of which have been translated into English.
His poetic works are lyrical and present the ethics of pure Christian values. His recent three novels are in the vein of historical-documented novel in which Zagoroulko unveils the historical panoramas of Russia, Ukraine and Europe from the First World War through the end of the 20th Century. His heroes are historical personalities intertwined with regular witnesses of these historical events. It is a great pleasure to read his work be they poetry or prose.
Mikhail Bakhmutsky is a scientist from Ukraine that works to create and support cultural, scientific and athletic ties between Ukraine and the United States. For this purpose he has established an International Academy to promote these ideas.
Anna Levina is the author of several documentary novels and screen plays that has been made into films. Anna is also an undisputed expert in that invisible field where women’s dreams and longings clash with the Russian men’s mentality in New York. Indeed it is the Russian variation of Sex in the Big Brooklyn.
In her books Anna artfully presents the social and personal trageties destiny has beached those white whales at Brighton Beach.
Anna Levina is the author of several documentary novels and screen plays that has been made into films. Anna is also an undisputed expert in that invisible field where women’s dreams and longings clash with the Russian men’s mentality in New York. Indeed it is the Russian variation of Sex in the Big Brooklyn.
In her books Anna artfully presents the social and personal trageties destiny has beached those white whales at Brighton Beach.
Dr. Susanne Riveles is a sociologist and leading expert in Africa affairs and Human Rights. Born in Berlin, her father was a resister in Nazi Germany and executed for lending his support to the underground involved in an attempt to assassinate Hitler.
Dr. Riveles is participating in a historical effort to commemorate the people who were executed by the Nazi regime and lectures on this topics to student in Germany.
Interview is in English.
Olga Papkovitch is an aspiring young artist originally from St. Petersburg, Russia. Trained at the State Hermitage Museum of Art from the age of 12-19, Olga received unique training from the museum curators, artists and professionals on how to mix paint, feel, see and imagine new objects by developing her own art style.
This allowed Olga her to develop her own style and approach to genres ranging from 13th century icons, to paintings from Rembrandt, Leonardo Da Vinci, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Matisse and Gauguin.
Interview with Olga Papkovitch is in Russian.
Russian Interview
Olga Papkovitch is an aspiring young artist originally from St. Petersburg, Russia. Trained at the State Hermitage Museum of Art from the age of 12-19, Olga received unique training from the museum curators, artists and professionals on how to mix paint, feel, see and imagine new objects by developing her own art style.
This allowed Olga her to develop her own style and approach to genres ranging from 13th century icons, to paintings from Rembrandt, Leonardo Da Vinci, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Matisse and Gauguin.
Interview with Olga Papkovitch is in English
Shira Gregory is a young actress who landed her first role on Broadway in the Frost/Nixon along Frank Langella and whose film version with has received several Oscar nominations. Shira candidly describes the many hurdles a young actress has to overcome in order to successfully make it in the world of show business in the 21st century.
Interview is in English.
Yana Ankudinova describes America through the eyes of a Siberian student, perception of America by Siberians, and the path to entering American life.
Kiril Dremlyukh- is an aspiring young movie director who has produced three films about the life and travails of Russian-Jewish émigrés residing at the vortex of Brighton Beach.
Dremlyukh is a graduate of the New York University film school, and as a former cartoonist he perceives his heroes via satirical lenses. His works project the rare world of collision and fusion of the Soviet mentality and American cultural soil.
Marina Adamovich is the Editor-in-Chief of Novuiy Zhurnal, the only U.S. Russian-language literary magazine originally founded in 1942. The Who’s Who of Russian literature has published their works on its pages including Nabokov, Pasternak and many more. Marina artfully presents the rich gallery of Russian authors and poets who have graced the pages of Novuiy Zhurnal.
Ivan Lobov is a scientist specializing in cell biology. He presents this frontier science in clear and understandable terms. Ivan is a man of many talents, among them his role as production supervisor of Liberty Now.
Michael Cheval is the world's leading contemporary artist, specializing in Absurdist paintings, drawings and portraits. Born in Kotelnikovo, a small town of southern Russia, Cheval developed passion for art in his early childhood. In the 1980s his family moved to Germany then on to Turkmenistan, where he graduated from Ashgabad school of Fine Art. Absorbing Eastern philosophy and the character of Central Asia, he began working as an independent professional artist, shaping his style and surrealistic direction.
In 1998, Cheval became a member of the prestigious New York's National Arts Club where he was distinguished with the Exhibition Committee Award in 2000. He is also a member of the Society for Art of Imagination since 2002. Cheval published two full-colored art albums—Lullabies in 2004 and Nature of Absurdity in 2007. His work is internationally acclaimed and can often be seen in USA galleries and abroad.
Ivan Menzhiritsky is a multifaceted intellectual and an extremely interesting and engaging personality. Ivan talks about his life as a screenwriter, producer, writer, publisher, TV host, journalist and Program Director WMNB.
Ivan Menzhiritsky is a multifaceted intellectual and an extremely interesting and engaging personality. Ivan talks about his life as a screenwriter, producer, writer, publisher, TV host, journalist and Program Director WMNB.
Ivan Menzhiritsky is a multifaceted intellectual and an extremely interesting and engaging personality. Ivan talks about his life as a screenwriter, producer, writer, publisher, TV host, journalist and Program Director WMNB.
Amalia Aalsvel-Keidar is an Israeli artist gaining considerable renown in the world of ceramic art, specializing in the traditional and as yet highly-prized Delft Blue underglaze technique.
Her particular focus is on larger-scale objects such as ceramic tiles and wall panels which, besides having greater visual impact, provide a considerable degree of creative freedom.
