ON PUTIN'S BLACKLIST: Documentary Screening with director Boris Ivanov in attendance! Russia’s relationship to the West has reached a strange and tense point. Blacklist traces this new Cold War from the ban on American citizens adopting Russian children to the Kremlin’s anti-LGBTQ campaign. Vladimir Putin’s ‘Russia-versus-everybody’ tactics aim to control his country, while creating a long enemy blacklist list that includes human rights groups.
=0D=0A=Vancouver filmmaker Boris Ivanov gets at the disconcerting core of Russia’s institutionalized xenophobia and looks ahead at an uncertain future. --Hot Docs "Ivanov does a brilliant job profiling Canadians affected by Putin's ugly policies." Globe and Mail "Engaging and timely."
=0D=0A=Westender Meet director Boris Ivanov who will be in attendance for a Q&A and lobby discussion after the screening. Regular Cinecenta prices.
=0D=0A=Tickets available at door 45 minutes before screenings at 7pm and 8:45.
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