In episode two of the October 2022 BBC docuseries TraumaZone, writer-director Adam Curtis illustrates the end of the communist USSR and the birth of Russian democracy between 1989 and 1991.

The BBC docuseries TraumaZone charts Russia's history from 1985-1999, composed of diverse archival footage filmed by hundreds of BBC crews over more than three decades.

With a collage of candid and reportage clips, Curtis presents an authentic picture of life in Russia when communism - and, later, democracy - failed.

In the second episode, writer-director Adam Curtis depicts the catastrophic fallout of the Gosplan commission, a centralized Soviet organization that controlled Russian industry.

Curtis is an award-winning documentarian who has crafted pertinent and poignant factual films for more than 40 years.

Curtis' idiosyncratic production style combines documentary footage, disconcerting music, and concise narration to explain the economics, psychology, and sociology behind world-changing events.