AdamMar 16

“Mr Nobody Against Putin is about how you lose your country ... And what we saw when working with this footage is that you lose it through countless, small, little acts of complicity.

“When a government murders people on the streets ... when we don’t say anything, when oligarchs take over the media ...we all face a moral choice. But luckily, even a nobody is more powerful than you think.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/16/mr-nobody-against-putin-wins-the-best-documentary-oscar

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Mr Nobody Against Putin wins the best documentary Oscar

Primary school teacher Pavel Talankin’s record of the indoctrination of his pupils to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine beats contenders

The Guardian
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"Speaking to press backstage after his film’s win, Borenstein [said] “One interesting thing about working with a team of Russians throughout this process has been my desire as an American to constantly compare the situation in America to Russia” ...

“But a lot of my Russian colleagues and friends always said, ‘No, no, it’s not the same situation. It’s actually happening quicker in America than it’s been happening in Russia.’ Trump is moving a lot quicker than Putin in his early years.”

Mar 16 at 4:00amWeb