‘Navalny’ Documentary About Russian Opposition Leader Gets Last-Minute Theatrical Release by Warner Bros.
30.03.2022 - 19:47
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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Navalny,” a fly-on-the-wall documentary about Russian dissident and one-time presidential candidate Alexei Navalny, was intended to debut directly on HBO Max. But since the harrowing story has renewed timeliness amid Russia’s recent unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, Warner Bros.
Pictures has acquired the film from its streaming arm and plans to play the documentary in theaters across the country.In partnership with Fathom Events, “Navalny” will screen in more than 800 North American theaters on April 11 and 12. CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward will moderate a conversation with the filmmakers after screenings.
Ward has reported extensively from Russia and Ukraine and has covered matters related to Navalny for several years. Directed by Daniel Roher, the revealing feature “Navalny” recounts Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stranger-than-fiction attempt to poison a popular opposition leader.
In 2020, Navalny fell gravely ill during a flight from Siberia to Moscow. After being hospitalized in Russia, he was eventually evacuated to Berlin, where German authorities confirmed he had been poisoned with Novichok, a military-grade nerve agent that disappears from the body within hours and is nearly impossible to trace.
(Putin has denied any involvement.) While recovering, Navalny and his team partnered with the investigative journalism outlet Bellingcat and other international news organizations to investigate his attempted assassination and find proof of the Kremlin’s involvement, which is detailed extensively in the film.“Alexei Navalny was just last week convicted and sentenced in Russia and cannot tell the story of what happened to him. Our film shows his tremendous
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