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.