Proposed Tchaikovsky Film's Director Slams Debate Over Composer's Sexual Orientation

Proposed Tchaikovsky Film's Director Slams Debate Over Composer's Sexual Orientation

You'd think Russia would welcome plans to produce the country's first major film about Pyotr Tchaikovsky.   But Kirill Serebrennikov, a prominent Russian filmmaker, has said he's given up securing funding in Russia and denounced a "vulgar" public debate about whether or not the celebrated Russian composer was gay.