Film

Act & Punishment: The Pussy Riot Trials

2015 · 1h 30m · Documentary

IMDb

5.9

Russian activists Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich decide to separate from the well-known activist group Voina and create their own group named Pussy Riot that would express their ideas of female independence, combining activism, feminism, and punk rock music. Their defeat in court becomes their moral victory, as Pussy Riot are cheered on by thousands of their new-found fans.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Yekaterina Samutsevich

Mariya Alyokhina

Petr Verzilov

Taisia Krugovykh

• Evgeny MittaDirector

Release date

October 20, 2015

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary