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“Mr Nobody Against Putin”: Oscar-Nominated Film on Russian Teacher Who Takes on State Propaganda
Mr Nobody Against Putin is an Oscar-nominated documentary that tells the story of Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, a primary school teacher and videographer who becomes an international whistleblower. After being reluctantly drawn into Putin’s propaganda machine, he starts documenting how ordinary Russians are indoctrinated with pro-war messages and recruited for the war. We speak to Talankin and the film’s co-director, David Borenstein.