Oleg Sentsov Directs a Film from a Siberian Prison
Gaslit Nation
English - March 20, 2019 21:53 - 29 minutes - 29.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsNews Government left resist trump chalupa democracy kendzior liberal politics progressive resistance Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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March 2019 marks the five-year anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea. We explain why the fake referendum in Crimea is called a "referendum by gun point" and provide background on Russia's annexation which had been in the works since the mid-2000s. The story of human rights abuses that continue to this day in Russian-occupied Crimea are told through the political prisoner Oleg Sentsov, a filmmaker kidnapped from Crimea and held in a Siberian penal colony on trumped up charges. Despite the harsh conditions, Sentsov defies the odds by continuing to produce art, including a feature film. His story is an urgent reminder to choose hope over despair.