To Russia with Love (film)
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| Directed by | Noam Gonick |
| Produced by | Jill Burkhart Laina Cohn Elle Flanders Howard Gertler Laura Michalchyshyn Johnny Weir |
| Written by | Noam Gonick |
| Narrated by | Jane Lynch |
| Music by | Kerry Muzzey |
| Edited by | Jennifer Honn |
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Little Punk
Public Studio Sundance Productions |
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91 minutes |
| Country | Canada United States |
| Language | English |
To Russia with Love is a documentary film by Canadian director Noam Gonick, released in 2014.[1] Shot in Sochi, Russia during the 2014 Winter Olympics, the film profiles on the controversial Russian gay propaganda law, and the ethical dilemmas faced by openly LGBT athletes such as Johnny Weir, Belle Brockhoff, Anastasia Bucsis and Blake Skjellerup around whether to speak out against the law while competing in Russia.[2]
The film was narrated by Jane Lynch, and also included interviews with Billie Jean King, Greg Louganis, Johnny Weir, Belle Brockhoff, Simona Meiler, Anastasia Bucsis, Blake Skjellerup, Charline Labonte, Brian Burke, Mark Tewksbury, David Remnick, Stephen Fry and Jason Collins.[3]
The film premiered on the Epix cable network in the United States in August 2014.[2] It had its Canadian premiere at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in 2015,[4] and received selected other theatrical screenings before being broadcast by CBC Television.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Filmmaker went underground in Putin's Russia to profile LGBT athletes during Olympics". Winnipeg Free Press, June 22, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "‘To Russia With Love’: Can Johnny Weir Save Russia’s Gays?". Daily Beast, October 29, 2014.
- ↑ "EPIX to Air Gay Athletes Doc Shot Secretly During Sochi Olympics". The Hollywood Reporter, July 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Inside Out Film Festival Back With Star-Studded Features". Torontoist, May 6, 2015.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). To Russia with Love at IMDb
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