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‘Russians At War’ Finally Shows In Toronto As A “Stand Against That Abuse, Against Those Threats” That Forced TIFF To Halt Screenings
'Russians At War' screened At TIFF Lightbox after TIFF wrapped. The festival had canceled screenings after serious threats were made to staff.
Russians at War ‘s presence at TIFF riled up Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland who denounced the documentary saying “It’s not right for Canadian public money to be supporting the screening and production of a film like this.” Also, the documentary’s distributor TVO, backed away from the movie the day before the pic’s original TIFF screening on Sept. 10, explaining in a statement, “We have listened to the Ukrainian-Canadian community and their thoughtful and heartfelt input. At Sundance 2019, Deadline reported there were direct threats made against Dan Reed, the director of the Michael Jackson HBO documentary Finding Neverland, which forced Park City, UT police to up their presence at screenings.
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