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Martin Danahay, Professor, English Language and Literature, Brock University

‘Russians at War’ documentary: From the Crimean to the Iraq War, soldier images pose questions about propaganda

A British publisher commissioned photographs of the army in the Crimean War to be used as the basis for oil paintings. Cornet Wilkin, 11th Hussars, by Roger Fenton. (Roger Fenton/Library of Congress)

Questions surrounding the film Russians at War linger following controversy surrounding it at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

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