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Filmmaker Captures Journalists' Terrifying Escape From Russia in New Documentary
The nearly six-hour documentary tracks reporters who fled after Russia labeled dozens of journalists and outlets foreign agents, cutting off revenue and forcing exile.
- "My Undesirable Friends: Part II- Exile," a six-hour documentary by filmmaker Loktev, arrives in select theaters this weekend as the concluding chapter of her five-year project documenting Russian journalists.
- The project originated in fall 2021 as Vladimir Putin designated reporters "foreign agents," but the landscape shifted abruptly four months later when Russia initiated its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, forcing journalists to flee.
- Loktev captured scenes on an iPhone, allowing her to blend into the background as subjects scattered across European nations; she delayed her own departure from Russia to ensure raw material was safely uploaded to the cloud.
- While many journalists continue reporting from abroad, subject Peter Ruzavin pivoted dramatically by joining the Ukrainian army, telling The Associated Press in Venice, "We need not to run away from Putin. We need to fight him."
- Loktev is considering a potential "Part III" if the political situation in Russia ever changes, though she remains realistic: "But I think we might be very old by then.
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The Independent (US)Filmmaker captures journalists' terrifying escape from Russia in new documentary
Julia Loktev has released a new film, ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile,’ capturing the lives of Russian journalists who fled the country after the invasion of Ukraine
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Who’s afraid of a 6-hour documentary about exiled Russian journalists?
Julia Loktev’s new documentary begins almost like a tense Hollywood spy thriller. The journalists she’s filming on her iPhone scramble to get out of Russia, many without a plan or lodging and with only a carry-on suitcase full of hastily…
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