The New Greatness Case – Now Streaming on Docuseek
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The New Greatness Case
92 min. | Closed Captioned
A film by Anna Shishova
"Chilling documentary reveals the perversity and manipulation inherent to state repression in Russia.”
Cineuropa
Anya was an ordinary teenager who dreamed of making life in Russia better. In March 2018, she was arrested and incarcerated on fabricated charges of extremism. Three years later, her mother continues her desperate fight to prove her daughter’s innocence.
  
With the current intensified crackdown on dissent and free expression in Russia, The New Greatness Case brings viewers into the life of young Russians caught in the crossfire. Anya was an ordinary teenager, discussing Russian politics and social issues on the internet with a group of friends, when a secret agent joined their chat group and rented them a meeting space – pushing them toward direct physical action. Police stormed their homes to arrest and jail the teens, accusing them of plotting to overthrow the government and fabricating charges of extremism. With hidden camera footage, and an intimate relationship with the protagonists, the director shows the complete repression of present-day Russia, and how young, free-thinking people, are seen as a threat to the government.
Screened at prominent film festivals around the world, The New Greatness Case, from Autlook, is available exclusively on Docuseek for educational streaming.

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