Pussy versus Putin is a 2013 Russian documentary film by the film collective Gogol's Wives chronicling the history of the group Pussy Riot and their struggle with the political regime in Russia. The film received the NTR IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary at the 2013 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[3][4]
| Pussy Versus Putin | |
|---|---|
 Still frame of Pussy Riot performance on the trolleybus roof in Moscow | |
| Russian | Pussy protiv Putina |
| Directed by | Taisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov |
| Written by | Taisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov |
| Produced by | Gogol's Wives Production Ilya Zaslavskiy (Associate Producer, Free Speech LLC) |
| Starring | Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Maria Alyokhina Yekaterina Samutsevich Pyotr Verzilov Vladimir Putin Andrew Tolokonnikov |
| Cinematography | Taisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov |
| Edited by | Taisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov |
Release date | |
Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
The one-hour film includes sequences in which group members discuss their political aims, footage of their guerrilla-style performances during the run-up to the 2012 Russian presidential election as well as the intimidation and physical harassment they face, shot from behind bars and inside prison vans.[5]
See also
edit- Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, another 2013 documentary about Pussy Riot
References
edit- ^ "Pussy Versus Putin - IDFA". Retrieved 12 May 2020 – via www.idfa.nl.
- ^ "IDFA 2013: The Highlights – Point of View Magazine". povmagazine.com. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ Russian focus — the magazine of the Session
- ^ Frost, Caroline (17 December 2013). "Documentary: 'Pussy Versus Putin' Gives Insider's View Of The Cost Of Taking On The Might Of The Kremlin". Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ MacNab, Geoffrey (20 November 2013). "Scenes Putin doesn't want you to see". The Independent. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
External links
edit- Pussy Versus Putin at IMDb
- Pussy vs. Putin at the ovideo.ru
- Russian film about the band Pussy Riot received the award in Amsterdam
- Review of Anna Narinskaya
- Review of Marat Gelman
- Pussy vs. Putin at the idfa.nl
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