“The Russian Five” (USA, 2018, 102m)

“The Russian Five” (USA, 2018, 102m)

In the late 1980s, the Detroit Red Wings work to finally break a 42-year  Stanley Cup drought by extracting players from the Iron—curtain Soviet Union and, in the process, change the way North American hockey is played.

Winner at three film festivals in Michigan and Ontario.

“One of the most dramatic and emotional of sports stories gets the expert film it deserves ; a documentary that is moving in ways you won’t see coming — Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times

Sponsored by The Saginaw Spirit Hockey Association