Archive Cinema City 2013.
Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer
Genre: Documentary
Country: Russia/GB
Year: 2012
Duration: 86 min
Director: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin
Programme selection: Planet Rock
Original language: Russian
Subtitles: Serbian
Synopsis:
Filmed over the course of six months, this film tells the story of three young women: Nadia, Masha and Katia, members of the feminist shock-art collective Pussy Riot, which performed a 40 second “punk prayer” inside Russia’s main cathedral. This performance led to their arrest on charges of religious offense and culminated in a trial that has reverberated around the world. With unparalleled access and exclusive footage, this film looks at the real people behind the now famous colourful balaclavas.