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Title Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Published [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file)
Summary Filmed over the course of six months, this film tells the incredible story of three young women: Nadia, Masha and Katia. As members of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot, they performed a 40 second Å"punk prayer inside Russia's main cathedral. This performance led to their arrest on charges of religious hatred and culminated in a trial that has reverberated around the world and transformed the face of Russian society forever. With unparalleled access and exclusive footage, this film looks at the real people behind their now famous colourful balaclavas. Following the bizarre and intricate twists of the trial, we observe three young women fight back against a justice system that seems impervious to logic. From their family and friends we learn what transformed these women from political activists in to modern day icons. As Nadia, Masha, and Katia defend their onvictions from a cage inside the courtroom, those Pussy Riot members still at liberty plan new guerilla performances and cultivate a protest movement across the globe. Moving from farce to tragedy and back again, the film explores how political and religious forces contrived to make an example out of three young artists who stepped out of line. But with Nadia, Masha, and Katia, Russia's ruling powers got more than they bargained for. Are you a ready for a Pussy Riot?
Analysis Documentaries
European/Baltic Studies
Politics and International Affairs
Notes Title from title frames
In Process Record
Event Originally produced by Madman Entertainment in 2013
Notes In English
Subject Streaming video.
Internet videos.
streaming video.
Internet videos.
Streaming video.
Form Streaming video
Author Lerner, Mike, filmmaker
Pozdorovkin, Maxim, filmmaker
Kanopy (Firm)