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Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus
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Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus
| Duration | 76 |
| Year | 2013 |
| Categories | Documentary |
| Cast | Nikolai Khalezin, Natalia Koliada, Pavel Gorodnitski |
| Written By | Madeleine Sackler |
| Directed By | Madeleine Sackler |
| Produced By | Great Curve Films |
| Distributed By | Dogwoof |
| Film Details |
Creating provocative theatre carries great personal risks: emotional, financial and artistic. For the members of the Belarus Free Theatre, there are additional risks: censorship, imprisonment, and worse. Director Madeleine Sackler goes behind the scenes with the acclaimed troupe of imaginative and subversive performers who, in a desolate country choked by censorship and repression, defy Europe's last remaining dictatorship.
The film picks up the story in 2010 when the KGB is cracking down on dissenters, sixteen years after Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko takes power during the breakup of the Soviet Union. Now, as a dubious new presidential election looms, the KGB targets the Free Theatre's founders Nikolai Khalezin and Natalia Koliada who, along with their colleagues, find themselves torn between fighting for their art and for their and their families' safety.