What Was Your First Impression of Jo?

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joan knew andre violente because he'd gone to school with her stepson, surge. She just needs somebody to be able to converse with them in russian. Even though andrea wasn't an actor, he agreed. At the time, i thought this was just a little favored that i'm doing john and orleg and i didn't think much of it. It was just to help them do the right thing. But being pretty young at the time,. i thought, o why not? Right?"

When Joan Borsten married actor Oleg Vidov, also known as “the Soviet Robert Redford,” he introduced her to beautiful Soviet animations created in Moscow’s Soyuzmultfilm studio, like Hedgehog in the Fog, by Yuri Norstein. Joan and Oleg eventually acquired the rights to distribute the films outside of the former Soviet Union. One day, Joan realized someone was undercutting their business, and she devised a very Hollywood solution. We talk with Joan Borsten, Andre Violentyev, and former FBI Special Agent and current private investigator, Jake Schmidt.

You can learn more about Joan Borsten’s late husband, “the Soviet Robert Redford” in her new documentary, based on his autobiography. It’s called “The Oleg Vidov Story.”

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