This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.
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“Inside the Russian Republic's deadly war on gays”
Overview
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.
Director
David France
Status
Released
Production
HBO Documentary Films, Public Square Films, David France & Joy A. Tomchin Film, Ninety Thousand Words, Maylo Films, BBC Storyville, Doc Society
Cast
Maxim Lapunov
Self
Olga Baranova
Self
David Isteev
Self
Vladimir Putin
Self
Ramzan Kadyrov
Self
Zelim Bakaev
Self
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