1982. Cold War. The Soviet Union has a new leader - Yuri Andropov, the former head of the KGB, replaces Leonid Brezhnev. Western journalists can only speculate about what Moscow's foreign policy will be like now. Some hope for dialogue...
and reconciliation, while others grimly talk about nuclear missiles.Samantha Smith, a ten-year-old schoolgirl from rural America, is very afraid of nuclear war. She writes to Andropov and asks if he plans to attack America. In April 1983, Samantha receives a reply and an invitation to the Soviet Union. What will this journey be like? How will the young peacemaker be perceived in the West and here? And how will this story affect Samantha's life and personality? A documentary biography of the girl who befriended two superpowers.
1982. Cold War. The Soviet Union has a new leader - Yuri Andropov, the former head of the KGB, replaces Leonid Brezhnev. Western journalists can only speculate about what Moscow's foreign policy will be like now. Some hope for dialogue and reconciliation, while others grimly talk about nuclear missiles.
Samantha Smith, a ten-year-old schoolgirl from rural America, is very afraid of nuclear war. She writes to Andropov and asks if he plans to attack America. In April 1983, Samantha receives a reply and an invitation to the Soviet Union. What will this journey be like? How will the young peacemaker be perceived in the West and here? And how will this story affect Samantha's life and personality? A documentary biography of the girl who befriended two superpowers.
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