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Actions vs. repressions

Produced, directed and filmed by Anarcho-art group "Children of Bakunin" and Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow

14 minutes

Russia, 2009

English and German subtitres attached

Short film Actions vs. repressions gives a voice to Russian anti-authoritarian activists from Autonomous Action of St. Petersburg and Ufa, Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow and St. Petersburg and Vsevolod Ostapov, who got brutalised by Police in April of 2007 and whose case became a rallying cry for a significiant campaign against police brutality in Moscow during last two years.

Movie was originally produced for European tour of Russian hardcore band What We Feel in autumn of 2009. In beginning of February 2010, band announced that it will soon disband itself, due to having reached everything it could artistically and due to increasing repression against band by the government authorities. You may read a message from the band here:

 

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=101027467&blogId=528136101

Torrent (OGV format):
 http://onebigtorrent.org/torrents/8645/Actions-vs-Repressions

Permanent link (MPEG4, Quicktime and OGV formats):

http://www.archive.org/details/ActionsVsRepressions_738

 

 

 

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