The Orchard Acquires Doc ‘Meeting Gorbachev’ From Werner Herzog, Andre Singer

The Orchard has acquired the North American rights to Meeting Gorbachev from directors Werner Herzog and Andre Singer.History Films, the A&E network’s independent film label, has retained all television rights.

Meeting Gorbachev is The Orchard’s third collaboration with History, after Oscar-nominated films Cartel Land and Life, Animated.The feature is a behind-the-scenes memoir from the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev.

Having been General Secretary of the governing Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 199, Gorbachev became one of the world’s most established politicians of the 20th century….

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