Simplify the following text for a Grade 13 native English-speaking person.
Original: She appeared as herself in the 1992 documentary `` Parajanov : The Last Spring '' , about Sergei Paradjanov , a legendary film-maker of Armenian descent who was persecuted by Soviet authorities ( Sayat Nova ) .
Simplified: She appeared as herself in the 1992 documentary `` Parajanov : The Last Spring '' , about Sergei Parajanov , a film-maker of Armenian descent who was persecuted by the Soviet authorities .