From Echo Moskvy:
Film about Pussy Riot has been shortlisted for an Oscar
A film about the punk band Pussy Riot has been placed on the short list of nominees for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. In Russian the film is known as “A telling process: The Pussy Riot Story” [in English: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer.] The film was produced by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin, and the rights to the film premiere were acquired by the American TV channel HBO.
Members of Pussy Riot received two years in prison after the incident at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. One of them, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, recently announced a hunger strike to protest prison conditions.
Comments from Echo Moskvy:
shicotus_dead:
))) It’ll be funny if the film does win an Oscar)))
Cheated out of a Nobel Peace Prize, so maybe this Oscar could be a small regional prize?
rangemax3: (responding to above)
I hope this wins an Oscar! Hangliding Putin will explode in anger!
izvpadini61:
I hope this film about the bravest young women in Russia DOES win. Free Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina!
antiboh:
These bitches are a disgrace to my country.// Shame on the country and the current government…
kotikproglotik: (responding to above)
No, the shame is for those three girls themselves (well, and the ones they didn’t find). And you too. But not big shame on you, just a little. And you can still put it right.
le_comte: (also responding to previous commenter)
They’re good girls, and they did everything right, the shame is on you and people like you
megalaner:
It’s shameful to torment people who are no danger to society
dima_ua:
There are no godless children, only godless parents
gedonist09:
These girls are the pride of our nation! You can judge the level of a person’s development by how they feel about these girls.
pavel_v:
What kind of parents call their own children godless? They need to look in a mirror.
emliberalov:
The chicken [Note: Link is NSFW] should get an Oscar too, it’s the best A-list actress.