Stand By Your President
Originally from the southwest of the Netherlands, Sandra Roelofs met Mikheil Saakashvili while studying in Strasbourg. She fell for this politically-minded Georgian’s relentless charm and followed him first to the United States and then to his homeland. She was present when, partly under his leadership, the Georgian government was deposed during the Rose Revolution in 2003, and again at his inauguration as president, and 10 years later at his electoral defeat, partly brought about by the release of photographs of torture in Georgian prisons and the growing corruption of the government in power. The camera follows Roelofs over the course of her last year as Georgia’s First Lady. Backed by a wealth of archive material, she talks about her love for her husband and his country, about how power changed him, and about their family life and the pain caused by their physical separation.
similar movies
The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga
2014
genre:Documentary
The Story of the Weeping Camel
2003
genre:Documentary
Drama
Boris Ryzhy
2008
genre:Documentary
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2013
genre:Documentary
History
Dig!
2004
genre:Documentary
Music
In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
genre:Documentary
A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy
1962
genre:History
Documentary
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
2006
genre:Music
Documentary
The Battle of The Alamo
1996
genre:Documentary
History
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002
genre:Documentary
Nana
2016
genre:Documentary
Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World
2016
genre:Documentary
Music
Mabel
2016
genre:Documentary
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1976
genre:Documentary
Jesus Camp
2006
genre:Documentary
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children
1979
genre:TV Movie
Documentary
How to Cook Your Life
2007
genre:Documentary
The Good Son
2013
genre:Documentary
The Yes Men
2003
genre:Comedy
Documentary
Incident at Restigouche
1984
genre:Documentary