Documentary/Comedy/History
 
DVD
 
From 1965 to 1989, the country of Romania was under the ruthless      
dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu and his Communist regime. While     
the Romanian people struggled under their political restraints, a   
few upstarts started passing around dubbed VHS copies of Western      
films. Through the gatherings that resulted from these clandestine   
cinema clubs, the Romanian people learned about the world outside of  
their country's oppressive borders. The films that were so widely    
released and distributed in the United States and Western Europe      
became small relics of freedom and hope to the Romanian people who    
brought them illegally into their homes. Through interviews with    
those who were on the front lines of this quiet rebellion - along    
with a loving tribute to Irina Nistor, the woman who translated and  
dubbed literally thousands of these movies despite the political    
danger - Chuck Norris vs. Communism reaffirms the power that stories
have in people's lives.