Kirill SAKHARNOV
Кирилл САХАРНОВ
Kirill SAKHARNOV
Kseniya SAKHARNOVA
Ксения САХАРНОВА
Ksenia SAKHARNOVA
Russia, 2017, 54mn 
documentary
Natalia Gorbanevskaya: “I am not a Hero”
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Наталья Горбаневская: «Я не героиня»

 

 Natalia Gorbanevskaia : "Je ne suis pas un héros"

 Natalya Gobanevskaya : "Ya ne geroynia"

 
Directed by : Kirill SAKHARNOV (Кирилл САХАРНОВ), Kseniya SAKHARNOVA (Ксения САХАРНОВА)
 

Plot synopsis
On August 25, 1968, the Russian poet Natalia Gorbanevskaya’s actions changed her life: carrying her three-month-old son, she, with seven like-minded people, protested against the Soviet-led intervention of Czechoslovakia at the Red Square in Moscow. The cost of this action was years of imprisonment. Later, she emigrated from the Soviet Union. Gorbanevskaya – the legend of the dissident movement – was often called a “hero”. However, she has said: “I’m not a hero; I’m just an ordinary person.” The film-team has been interviewing their character for several years for this documentary. As a result they have created a real portrait of Natalia Gorbanevskaya — a Poet, and a Citizen.
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Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2017
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2017
- Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2017
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2016