Synopsis

In the 1980s Vladimir Pozner , once dubbed "Ivan the Telegenic", became the second most celebrated communist in the west. Carrying Gorbachev's message to western television screens, he intrigued and troubled millions of viewers. But who is he, this unrepentant propagandist and ex-Soviet correspondent who is now a talk-show host in America? Arena follows him over a dramatic year and explores the contradictions in his extraordinary life.