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Director Of Controversial Doc ‘Russians At War’ Explains How & Why She Captured Reality Of Russian Soldiers In Ukraine – Venice & Toronto
Anastasia Trofimova embedded with Russian soldiers in Ukraine to make controversial documentary giving never before seen insight into their lives
Russian-Canadian director Anastasia Trofimova ’s doc Russians at War makes its North American debut in Toronto this week, following a world premiere in Venice, amid calls from Ukrainian diplomats in Canada for the festival to pull the film. The film’s empathetic gaze on these men as Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine – in a military campaign that has caused at least 35,000 civilian casualties, including 11,520 deaths; flattened cities, towns and villages, and displaced 16 million people – has provoked outrage in some quarters. But unlike Riefenstahl’s films, which were in step with the Nazi Party as they glorified its leaders, military might and ideals around the perfect physique, Trofimova shows a Russian army made up of bewildered, dishevelled and ill-equipped men who are at times openly scornful of the politicians who sent them there.
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