Revolution: New Art for a New World (2016) on Netflix

Plot summary

Filmed in London, Saint Petersburg and Moscow, the documentary looks at the painters of the Russian Avant-Garde who flourished in the years following the October Revolution. Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Lyubov Popova and Varvara Stepanova are among the artists whose work and words are gathered. Contributions come from present-day artists, curators and performers, and from descendants of those involved, alongside material held by major Russian institutions. Its makers were given access to the Hermitage Museum, the Russian Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery, and worked with the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The film was shown on BBC Four in 2017, in a season tied to the centenary of the Russian Revolution.