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The Traitor's Daughter

Set on the edge of Siberia, The Traitor's Daughter probes the fiercely held secrets taken to the grave by the Soviet Red Army soldier, the film-maker's mother.

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The Traitor's Daughter

The Traitor's Daughter

The Traitor's Daughter

The Traitor's Daughter

The Traitor's Daughter

Set on the edge of Siberia, The Traitor's Daughter probes the fiercely held secrets taken to the grave by the Soviet Red Army soldier, the film-maker's mother.

Set on the edge of Siberia, The Traitor's Daughter probes the fiercely held secrets taken to the grave by the Soviet Red Army soldier, the film-maker's mother.

Set on the edge of Siberia, The Traitor's Daughter probes the fiercely held secrets taken to the grave by the Soviet Red Army soldier, the film-maker's mother.

Set on the edge of Siberia, The Traitor's Daughter probes the fiercely held secrets taken to the grave by the Soviet Red Army soldier, the film-maker's mother.

roxana spicer
roxana spicer
roxana spicer
roxana spicer
1 Campaign |
Toronto, Canada
$13,027 USD $13,027 USD 45 backers
124% of $10,424 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

With crowdsourcing support, this summer, director Roxana Spicer strikes out to interview the last surviving witness to an epic story of survival and betrayal: her 88 year old aunt who breaks a 50-year silence.

The Traitor's Daughter

Update:

New perks include a Russian Themed dinner for four with the filmmaker:

The Red Corner

The Red Corner

Stalin Stone Jewelery:

My Mother Went Missing For 1,000 days.

She carried a bazooka. Drank vodka. Swore like a trooper. And oh, yeah, my mother wore army boots. At last count, she had six alias’s, three husbands, three kids, three grand-children, and four great grandchildren.  And one hell of a story. This is her story, told for the first time, as best I can.

I am not a historian. I am the Traitor’s Daughter.

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Her whole life was one dark, impenetrable secret.

Growing up, I never knew her real name.

Back in the Motherland, she was a kid herself when she joined the Soviet Red Army, and the largest force of female soldiers ever assembled in history. She took some parachute training. Landed on her ass. “Disgraced myself!” she laughed! But she got caught by the Nazis. She became one of Hitler’s Slaves, transported from camp to camp across four countries. She beat the odds. She survived.  When the war ended, she couldn’t go home. In Stalin’s eyes, she was a traitor.

Russian Translator At The Last Gulag

Over the years, I never stopped collecting details, looking for clues to weave a timeline for the woman who locked me outside her private Iron Curtain. Last year, in the heart of neo-Nazi Germany, I discovered her Nazi work records, and then, in the Moscow gulag archives, another chilling discovery that changed everything I thought I knew about the woman known simply as “Agnes”.

This summer, I must return to the edge of Siberia, to the railway platform where my mother was reunited with her sister after fifty years’ separation. Now, it is my 88-year old aunt who holds the key to unlocking the mystery of those missing thousand days.

In August, I want to take a translator and a professional cameraman into deepest Russia, where statues of Lenin still guard over the deserted factories, a heart-beat away from the last gulag in Russia. There, my aunt will break a fifty-year silence.

It’s a story you don’t want to miss. With your help, we’re going to fill in the missing thousand days.

My Mother 

 

 

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The Menshivik Special

Currency Conversion $17 USD
$25 CAD
An HD digital download of the movie with a personal thanks penned on a Soviet Era postcard sent by the Director in advance of release date.
Estimated Shipping
October 2013
5 out of 300 of claimed

The Bolshevik Special

Currency Conversion $35 USD
$50 CAD
A digital download of the film and a Soviet Era propaganda collectible direct from Moscow's Izmailovo Market (to be delivered before the Digital Download).
Estimated Shipping
October 2013
7 out of 20 of claimed

My Mother Wore Army Boots

Currency Conversion $63 USD
$90 CAD
A digital download of the film and a cotton sweatshirt, designed locally in Toronto, inspired by the Soviet Red Army! (please specify S/M/L)
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
6 out of 25 of claimed

The Red Corner

Currency Conversion $125 USD
$180 CAD
Initimate dinner for four with The Traitor's Daughter in Toronto Beach home. Serenade by the Russian Red Army Choir!
Estimated Shipping
October 2013
1 out of 4 of claimed

Stalin Stones Jewelry

Currency Conversion $132 USD
$190 CAD
Hand-crafted stone necklaces unique to the stalagmite caves of the Ural Mountains, a few kilometers from the location shoot of The Last Witness in August. Includes semi-precious stones favoured by the Romonovs
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
1 out of 10 of claimed

The Code Breaker

Currency Conversion $139 USD
$200 CAD
Revealing the secrets to a powerful evocative script, director Roxana Spicer offers personal or skype sessions to TV non-fiction writers, students, or academics. Make words work. Writing to picture, a detailed analysis of works in progress. Comrades! Sharpen your pencils!
Estimated Shipping
October 2013
3 out of 5 of claimed

The Red Army Choirmaster

Currency Conversion $139 USD
$200 CAD
A 4 hour sound mixing session courtesy Kitchen Sync Audio, Toronto for your project. http://ksync.ca
Estimated Shipping
October 2013
0 out of 1 of claimed

The Inner Red Circle

Currency Conversion $341 USD
$490 CAD
Membership buys you exclusive sneak preview of Traitor's Daughter film with actual movie scene excerpts, shot on location in Siberia this summer, and cut into your personal 'movie' with your own screen Producer Credit. A real conversation piece. Plus Soviet Army curios from Moscow and a personalized Soviet era thank you card from the 'last gulag in Russia'. DVD's or HD downloads hot off the press.
Estimated Shipping
October 2013
4 out of 5 of claimed

The Four Star General

Currency Conversion $1,042 USD
$1,500 CAD
Your name on-screen linked to the specific film role you supported. (You choose: Cameraman. Soundman, Editor, Writer, Director.) Donor credits roll at beginning of the film at theatrical release.
Estimated Shipping
September 2014
1 out of 5 of claimed
sold out

The KGB Insider Session

Currency Conversion $139 USD
$200 CAD
Estimated Shipping
October 2013
1 out of 1 of claimed
sold out

The Supreme Commander

Currency Conversion $3,475 USD
$5,000 CAD
Estimated Shipping
September 2014
2 out of 2 of claimed
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