Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Directed by Pavel Talankin and David Borenstien
***** out of 5 *'s
This documentary is about a very brave person who fought back against Putin and his propaganda machine. Teachers and other admistration are forced to teach their students all sorts of lies so that they can indocternate young children to be suppourtive of his attack on Ukraine. Pavel a Russian teacher and videographer teams up with David, a Brittish documentary filmmaker to expose how young children and the rest of Russia are being brainwashed in this very compelling film.
From his footage we see a teacher tell a group of elementary school kids that if they don't suppourt the war,they are parasites and should leave their country. "You love your mother,so you need to love Mother Russia. No Matter what" is what one teacher says. He even goes on to say how much he idolizes the men in Stalin's army that killed and tortured suppoused Russian spies. Pavel aka Pasha is taking quite a drastic risk in shooting anti war material because it could land him in prison for up to twenty five years or worse.. But seeing young childen being forced to read transcripts of proaganda by brain washed faculty of schools is heartbreaking. There are even social events where kids can learn how to throw gernades and use guns effectively when most of them are not even 10 is just downright scary
Not only does Pasha face severe jail time. He also risks losing his students of fear that they too will be arrested for appearing to be an enemy of the state. Even by this movie being made,Pavel's life could still be in danger. When watching this it reminds me of the controversial classic, Salo or 120 days of Sodom. Not with any of the degrading and sexual assualts that happens in that movie. But more about how these Fascists are educating young kids that going to War is a normal behavior violence should be celebrated. In America, one can also fear that if Trump had that kind of power. He would be doing lot of the same things Putin is doing and if we don't push back more. Our entire country wlill become a full blown dictaorship . Very compelling documentary that everyone should see.
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