'Navalny,' kept under wraps, will screen as part of the festival’s U.S. Documentary competition.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is the subject of director Daniel Roher's film "Navalny," premiering Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in the U.S. Documentary competition of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.A documentary about the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny — who has endured imprisonment and alleged poisoning at the hands of Vladimir Putin’s regime — will be a last-minute addition toThe premiere of “Navalny,” directed by Daniel Roher, will take place Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Jackson said the film features “riveting cinema in the present tense, incredible access, intrepid investigative journalism, a compelling protagonist speaking truth to power — all beautifully edited, directed and produced into a timely non-fiction thriller that deals with the highest of stakes for freedom of expression.”
Navalny, an anti-corruption activist and leader of the Russian opposition, was on a plane from Siberia to Moscow in August 2020 when it made an emergency stop. Navalny was gravely ill, and went from a Siberian hospital to Berlin — where German authorities found he had been poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent often tied to attacks on opponents of Putin’s government. Putin questioned the findings, and has denied any involvement.
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