‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Directors on the Risks and Rewards of Documenting the Militarization of Russia’s Schools

As Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, the co-director and subject of “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” walked into a Los Angeles cinema for a post-screening Q&A at Variety‘s Screening Series, the Russian schoolteacher-turned-documentarian was approached by an audience member.  “You’ve got balls,” the older man told Talankin, saluting him for the effort he made to chronicle the militarization of […]