MOSCOW, DECEMBER 25, 2024 — RT Documentary presents its new film, Russia’s Avant-Guardians, exploring how modern trends in music, cinema and arts in general find a way into the traditional life of Russia’s ethnic minorities. The documentary will premiere on January 1, 2025, airing on RTDoc in English, RT Д in Russian, and streaming on rt.doc.
Film director Natalya Kadyrova explains, “There are five stories in the film. We have selected the most impressive ones out of all the projects we have found across our vast country.” Russian indigenous music group Otyken mixes local folk music with modern pop and produces memorable video clips featuring lush costumes that combine folk and fantasy elements.
The group boasts of millions of views on streaming platforms, and in 2024, Otyken provided sound track for the annual Moscow Fashion Week show. Khanty-Mansiysk-based fashion designer Irina Satygina used AI to create her innovative collection of warm clothes, Mansi Hoodie . “When I was a little girl, I saw people wear traditional clothes in streets, and it defined the life in the North.
They wore ornaments made of beads, reindeer shoes. I would like to bring back the magic of traditional clothing to modern people’s life by combining the traditions and new technologies we now have,” she said. A groups of artists in the Republic of Tatarstan established a movement they call ethnic avant guard 20 years ago.
They call themselves avant-guardians and see their mission in cre.
