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Being able to relate is not as prominent a feature of the other film at the festival with Harvard connections. The Puppeteer, a documentary short about Harvard Square street performer Igor Fokin, was co-produced and directed by Gary Henoch and Chris Schmidt. Fokin, who died in 1996, hand-carved his own puppets and would perform several shows a night to a large and loyal fan base...
Henoch also believes it is significant that the short is playing at the Brattle, just steps away from where Fokin performed prior to his death. “The hometown crowd, the opportunity to play at the Brattle, across from where Igor used to perform, all those things make this the most significant venue we will play,” he says...
When long-time and well-known Square puppeteer Igor Fokin died at age 36 of heart failure five years ago, Weeks says, fellow entertainers were devastated. They held a vigil for Fokin and began to raise money for a memorial project along with...
...group successfully raised enough money to send Fokin’s family back to Russia in 1997 and unveiled the Igor Fokin Memorial Sculpture Project—a bronze statue of Fokin’s anteater puppet “Doo Doo”—just this past September. The small, whimsical stature sits on one of the granite pedestals in Brattle Square, where Fokin worked most often and performed his final show...
Three bronze bricks sitting at the base of the pedestal pay homage to Fokin and street entertainment in general. The inscription reads, “In memory of beloved puppeteer Igor Fokin, 1960-1996, and in celebration of all street performers...