{"id":2228,"date":"2026-03-14T13:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T13:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2026-03-14T13:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T13:05:12","slug":"this-oscar-nominated-doc-says-nows-the-time-to-resist-mother-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2228","title":{"rendered":"This Oscar-Nominated Doc Says Now\u2019s the Time to Resist \u2013 Mother Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1191669\">\n<article class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"hero is-image \">\n\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"media-caption\">A photo from the documentary &#8220;Mr. Nobody Against Putin&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Courtesy of Kino Lorber<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mj-text-cta\">Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_No_Oligarchs\" data-ga-category=\"TopOfArticle\" data-ga-label=\"NewsletterPromoCovid\" data-ga-action=\"click|https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_Support\">Sign up for the free <em>Mother Jones Daily<\/em>.<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Pavel Talankin is a teacher from a small mining town in Central Russia. He spent two and a half years documenting how his school was conscripted into Putin\u2019s war propaganda machine for the Oscar-nominated documentary, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/kinolorber.com\/film\/mr-nobody-against-putin\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kinolorber.com\/film\/mr-nobody-against-putin\">Mr. Nobody Against Putin<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"qexu4zP-Fmo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Oscar-Winning Doc Says Now\u2019s the Time to Resist\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qexu4zP-Fmo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>      <\/iframe>\n        <\/p>\n<p>After Russia invaded Ukraine, his school changed almost overnight\u2013 teachers ordered to deliver government scripts and students marched through military drills. Talankin was required to film it all as the school videographer, and what he witnessed made him want to walk away from his job entirely. Instead, he connected with documentary director David Borenstein, and together they turned his footage into a feature film.<\/p>\n<p>Borenstein said Talankin \u201cwanted to show how quickly totalitarianism can take over a school, a workplace, a government, and how our complicity becomes fuel in that fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a message Talankin originally hoped to share with fellow Russians. But he now believes the film speaks to a far wider audience than he could ever have anticipated when he began filming.<\/p>\n<p>He points to a joke circulating in Eastern Europe: the Belarusians say they and the Russians are watching the same TV series- only Russia is a few episodes behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sorry to tell you,\u201d he says, \u201cthat America has begun watching this series, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2026\/03\/this-oscar-nominated-doc-says-nows-the-time-to-resist\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo from the documentary &#8220;Mr. Nobody Against Putin&#8221;Courtesy of Kino Lorber Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Pavel Talankin is a teacher from a small mining town in Central Russia. 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