Red Penguins

Red Penguins is a 2019 sports documentary film that tells the story of the joint venture between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Red Army hockey team, and how American marketer Steven Warshaw was tasked with transforming the team into the greatest show in Russia, attracting big names in Hollywood and advertising along the way. The film uses archival footage and features interviews with people involved with the Russian Penguins team, including Valery Gushin and Viktor Gusev. It explores the link between sports and politics in United States-Russia relations during a lawless era in 1990s Moscow.