Today is the premiere of Karina Mukhutdinova's film which she was shooting for almost a year. There is no need to explain who the actionists are after the whole country knew about the band Pussy Riot and its members who were jailed for 2 years and about the people in the police uniform running through the football field at the World Championship.
The government didn't like them but it seemed that it tolerated that kind of activity. Nevertheless, the situation has changed.
The actionists are arrested, considered foreign agents, they leave Russia because they're made to. It is decided to put an end to the actionism. But why? And why do the actionists do what they do?
0:00 What is this story about?
1:15 Poisonings, torments and arrests - what is happening to the actionists?
2:37 "When I got arrested for the 4th time I realised that it would never end". Nika's story
5:40 Action made for Putin's birthday
8:57 Nika got arrested while we were filming
10:30 "I'm always sure that the riot militiamen will come for me in any case". Katrin's story
11:10 Why would anybody walk with an iron bed on their back?
12:30 "At every railway station FSS militia are always waiting for me". Pavel Krisevich's story
16:20 "The workers of Centre for Combating Extremism think I'm their leader". Pyotr Verzilov's story.
22:00 The majority is sure that the actionists are crazy
23:45 Kisses with policemen and a penis drawn on a bridge: what did the art group "The war" do?
25:30 Could the action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior be imagined in today's Russia?
28:45 Was Krisevich really a neighbor of Rotenbergs?
33:20 How Nika met Pyotr Verzilov
35:47 How did they manage to run on the football field during the game of the World Championship?
43:00 The poisoning of Pyotr Verzilov
48:07 Does Nika still consider herself a part of Pussy Riot?
49:20 The consequences of actionism: being left without a place to live, without a job and without friends
52:10 How Pavel hanged himself on Troitskiy bridge
53:30 How Pavel made a fire in front of the FSS building
55:34 What is "The party of the dead"?
57:15 "Police officers are a part of the performance"
58:29 Why was Katrin tortured in Donetsk?
1:00:15 Does actionism affect the psychological state?
1:01:30 What do actionists do for a living?
1:06:40 "A suicide" on Red Sqare
1:09:55 When did Nika make a decision to leave Russia?
1:12:17 What is it like, to live away from Russia?
1:13:37 What is happening to the characters of our movie now?