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‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Review: A Defiant Teacher Witnesses the Militarization of Russian Schools Amid Ukraine War in Poignant Doc
'Mr. Nobody Against Putin,' which is premiering at Sundance, is a documentary following one Russian teacher's efforts to combat propaganda.
With the snappy casualness of a “day in the life” vlog, Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, a charismatic Russian teacher who serves as planner and videographer for all of his school’s events, introduces his peculiar small town: Karabash. Almost exclusively assembled from footage Pasha himself captured, the Sundance premiere documentary “ Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” from director David Borenstein (Talankin is credited as co-director), chronicles the disturbing militarization of Russian schools in the wake of the war in Ukraine. Through the eyes of its delightfully brave, yet utterly relatable subject (also the de facto cinematographer), this terrifying, revelatory and poignant exposé offers an unseen human angle on an ongoing conflict that’s continues to be widely addressed in documentary cinema.
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