Act and Punishment
General Information
- Original Title
- Vystuplenie I Nakazanie
- Author/Creator
- Mitta, Evgeniy, director.
- Language
- Russian.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- Russia : Antipode, 2016.
- Physical Description
- HDD (90 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00005928
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- Young feminist artists, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich develop a new project, they call it Pussy Riot. It combines actionism, media activism and punk-rock. Maria Alyokhina begins to take part in the action and Pussy Riot starts to perform in public places such as subway stations and trains, cafés, a roof of a trolleybus. They sing the songs they have written themselves, criticizing male chauvinism and authority, but there is not much reaction from the authorities.Vladimir Putin is openly supported by the Patriarch Cyril as presidential candidate. Pussy Riot decides to react by conducting a punk church service in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Saviour: Mother of God, Chase Putin Away! The action, stopped by security, becomes both their greatest failure and most famous action. Katya, Masha and Nadya are all arrested and brought before the court and threatened with imprisonment. Thanks to law enforcement, the tribunal becomes a world-scale event. 'Act and Punishment' represents the phenomenon of actionism and it's situation at the intersection of art, history and politics.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Title Translation
- Act and Punishment
- Library Special Collection
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 4204 (HU_OSA_00005928.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |