The Man Who Was Too Free (Boris Nemtsov Documentary)
Oct. 20, 2017, 7:00-11:00pm (tickets required)
DCTV, 87 Lafayette Street 1st floor, Main Theater, New York, NY
The 10th RusDocFilmfest-3W presents "The Man Who Was Too Free," an award-winning documentary on slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. Buy tickets here.
The life of Boris Nemtsov is intertwined with Russian history of the past 25 years. The film begins in the 1990s, when Nemtsov was seen as a possible future president of the country, and ends in February 2015 with his assassination. The most important events of Russian society from 1990 to 2015 and Nemtsov’s role in this socially and politically active time period are discussed by his friends and leading Russian politicians. Q&A with film-directors.
Details:
Directors: Vera Krichevskaya and Mikhail Fishman
126 min, 2016, Russia, English Subtitles
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