New documentary Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer has been given a UK cinema release date of July 5.
The filml has been directed and produced by Mike Lerner (Afghan Star, Hell and Back Again) and Maxim Pozdorovkin (Capital), and features musicians Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich.
"Filmed over the course of six months, this film tells the incredible story of three young women: Nadia, Masha and Katia; members of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot who performed a 40-second 'punk prayer' inside Russia's main cathedral," said producers.
"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."
They added: "With unparalleled access and exclusive footage, Lerner and Pozdorovkin's Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer looks at the real people behind their now famous colourful balaclavas."
The film premiered at Sundance,...
The filml has been directed and produced by Mike Lerner (Afghan Star, Hell and Back Again) and Maxim Pozdorovkin (Capital), and features musicians Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich.
"Filmed over the course of six months, this film tells the incredible story of three young women: Nadia, Masha and Katia; members of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot who performed a 40-second 'punk prayer' inside Russia's main cathedral," said producers.
"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."
They added: "With unparalleled access and exclusive footage, Lerner and Pozdorovkin's Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer looks at the real people behind their now famous colourful balaclavas."
The film premiered at Sundance,...
- 6/13/2013
- Digital Spy
The 2013 Sundance Film Festival has nabbed the world premiere of "Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer," which is to chronicle the arrest and trial of the all-women punk band from Russia. The documentary film is co-directed by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin. The former has who's produced titles like "Hell and Back Again" and "The Afghans" and the latter produced and directed "Capital," a doc on the 10th anniversary of the Kazakhstan city of Astana. Three members of Pussy Riot were arrested back in March this year for performed a guerrilla concert in Moscow's main cathedral, dancing and singing to...
- 11/28/2012
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
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