My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow

Written and directed by Julia Loktev, MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I - LAST AIR IN MOSCOW is a documentary on the persistence of independent journalism in Putin’s Russia during the period leading up to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The film highlights a team of young journalists, mostly women, reporting under increasing repression in Russia. Broken down into 5 chapters, we will present the film in two separate programs as follows:

CHAPTERS 1-3 (CRACKDOWN) (208 minutes, including 10-minute intermission between Chapter 2 and 3)
Chapter 1 : The Lives of Foreign Agents
Chapter 2 : The Town Crazies
Chapter 3 : The Holiday Special

CHAPTERS 4-5 (FIRST WEEK OF WAR) (125 minutes, no intermission)
Chapter 4 : The Expected Impossible
Chapter 5 : Don’t Say War