Act & Punishment: The Pussy Riot Trials

(2015)

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Genres: Documentary

Year: 2015

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: Russia

Director: Евгений Митта

Cast: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Mariya Alyokhina, Petr Verzilov, Taisia Krugovykh

Plot

Russian activists Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich decide to separate from the well-known activist group Voina and create their own group named Pussy Riot that would express their ideas of female independence, combining activism, feminism, and punk rock music. Their defeat in court becomes their moral victory, as Pussy Riot are cheered on by thousands of their new-found fans.