Tracks East

Season 2

Dares to look at the East from the East and lets journalists, artists and influencers from Eastern Europe, Russia and the Baltics have their say on topics that focus on the current situation of young people.

Where to Watch Season 2

27 Episodes

  • Mobilmachung
    E1
    Mobilmachung
  • Kriegswinter
    E2
    Kriegswinter
  • Going Nuclear
    E3
    Going Nuclear
  • Diktaturen: die Macht über Körper und Geist
    E4
    Diktaturen: die Macht über Körper und Geist
  • Humor als Waffe
    E5
    Humor als Waffe
  • Myth, Religion and War
    E6
    Myth, Religion and WarReligion has played a major role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill supports the war - Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is sending Muslim soldiers to Ukraine in a "holy war". We meet the Ukrainian muslim bloggers. Artist Masha Maroz takes us on a journey through the ancestral rites of Polesia and Mihaela Drăgan invokes Roma superstitions about witches.
  • Episode 7
    E7
    Episode 7
  • Fake News: Russian Propaganda for Beginners
    E8
    Fake News: Russian Propaganda for BeginnersExiled in Latvia since 2022, Russian journalist Masha Borzunova and her team are on a mission to teach Europe what Russian state media propaganda actually looks like: Sinister, full of contradiction and absurd.
  • Hierarchies – Who’s in Charge?
    E9
    Hierarchies – Who’s in Charge?Addressing the issue of exploitation and power relations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Tracks East focuses on Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.
  • The Day After Tomorrow
    E10
    The Day After TomorrowIt will soon be a year since Russia invaded their country, but Ukrainians remain optimistic: 88% of them are convinced that within ten years their country will be a member of the European Union and will enjoy prosperity. And many Ukrainian artists, singers, inventors and entrepreneurs believe that their country should not be reduced to the role of victim. Musician Olga Osinnya meets people in Kyiv who are looking towards the future with hope.
  • Children of War
    E11
    Children of WarIn war it is often the children who suffer the most. Their stable home lives are destroyed and they have to flee. According to Ukrainian sources, 12,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia, the Kremlin says they have been ‘brought home’.
  • Culture Warriors: Art in Wartime
    E12
    Culture Warriors: Art in WartimeShould artists and musicians be active cultural warriors in the war in Ukraine? Or should art provide solace from the brutality of war? Tracks East focuses on artists from countries devastated by war and how they are received in the west.
  • Love in Wartime
    E13
    Love in WartimeIn Ukraine, long-distance love is the new normal. Indie pop icon Ingret Kostenko had a meteoric rise to fame until the Russian invasion forced her to flee to Germany. The man she loved was a soldier at the front and she went home regularly to see him. This separation is the inspiration for Ingret’s music.
  • Underground
    E14
    UndergroundWith Russian missiles raining down over their cities, Ukrainians have no choice but to take refuge below ground. After more than a year of war, basements, bunkers and metro stations have become more than just temporary shelters. Tracks East looks at what life is like underground.
  • The War Inside
    E15
    The War InsideLiving through the brutal destruction of Mariupol or the massacre in Bucha has left mental scars in the Ukrainian population. Tracks East meets young people who are rebuilding their lives post-trauma, many using their passions to overcome their bad experiences.
  • Moldova Next Generation: Putin's Next Victim?
    E16
    Moldova Next Generation: Putin's Next Victim?How are young people in Moldova responding to the Russian threat to their country? DJ Borș returned to Moldova when the war in Ukraine began. Like many in her generation, she feels in a state of limbo because no one knows what tomorrow will bring. With her initiative "Make Borș Not War", she is revitalising the party scene in Chisinau.
  • Pacifism: What’s the Point?
    E17
    Pacifism: What’s the Point?Is pacifism still relevant as war rages in Ukraine? What is the point of peaceful demonstrations when the aggressor will stop at nothing? Tracks East gives a voice to the Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian opposition and peace movements.
  • Putin's Russia: The Opposition
    E18
    Putin's Russia: The OppositionCan Russia be transformed from within? Russian journalist Mascha Borzunova and Russian actor Jean-Michel Scherbak give voice to people Putin wants to silence: dissidents, opponents and artists in Russia and in exile.
  • Eurovision: Pop and Politics
    E19
    Eurovision: Pop and PoliticsFor many, the Eurovision Song Contest is the chance for a Pan-European party. But it is also highly political, especially for countries in Eastern Europe. When Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra won in 2022, it was a message of European solidarity against Russian aggression.
  • Turkey: The New Generation
    E20
    Turkey: The New GenerationA new generation has come of age in Turkey that doesn’t want to live like their parents. On social media, on comedy stages and in rap music a counterculture is flourishing. Filmmaker Ufuk Cam goes to Turkey to uncover the local scene.
  • Anti-Putin Russians
    E21
    Anti-Putin RussiansIncreasing authoritarianism means that Russian citizens have to decide: Do they stay quiet and allow freedom to die? Or do they speak up and risk changing their lives for ever? Tracks East meets Russians that could not accept the Putin dictatorship and now live in exile.
  • The Millennials of the Balkans
    E22
    The Millennials of the BalkansSince the wars that devastated the Balkans in the 1990s, the international community has continued to associate Southeastern Europe with a powder keg. Tracks East has therefore chosen to give a voice to young artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo who strive to portray a different image of this region of the world.
  • Cancel Russia?
    E23
    Cancel Russia?Since Russia invaded its neighbour Ukraine, many are demanding cultural institutions not to programme Russian works. Is leaving out Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" or Chekhov's "Three Sisters" already a form of cancel culture?
  • This is my body!
    E24
    This is my body!In many countries, the state wants to control your body: the clothes you wear, your facial hair and for women, even their pregnancies. Tracks East meets Polish journalist and mixed martial-arts fighter Maja Staśko to find out the situation in Poland and the world
  • When Politics Destroys Families
    E25
    When Politics Destroys FamiliesThe family should be a haven of peace, a model of cohesion. But what happens to this cocoon when it is shaken by political conflict and war? Some try to reinvent the bond while others cut ties.
  • Roots! Where Do You Come From?
    E26
    Roots! Where Do You Come From?Who am I and where do I belong? Tracks East brings together artists who are asking themselves the fundamental question of their origins and identity.
  • Summer, Sun...and War
    E27
    Summer, Sun...and WarSummer in Europe is here, but with war raging in the east, is it even possible to go on holiday? In Ukraine some are trying to enjoy the beaches around Odessa and in the Russian resort of Sochi, the atmosphere is tense.

 

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