Rich Hall's Red Menace
2019 Β· 91m Β· Documentary Β· History
2019 marks the 30th year since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. Rich Hall examines the relationship between the West and the USSR in his inimitable fashion.
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