Mr. Nobody Against Putin' Directors on the Risks and Rewards of Documenting the Weaponization of Russia's Schools ...

David Borenstein’s secretly shot Russia-Ukraine war documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin has won the Crystal Arrow for best film at the 17th edition of Les Arcs Film Festival, which ran from December ...

In the wave of documentaries about the Ukraine War that have come out over the past two years, there hasn’t been one that’s offered what David Borenstein’s “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” does — and ...

Pavel Talankin, a teacher at a small town in the Ural Mountains, found himself in an extraordinary situation when Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine led to the militarization of his school. He ...

The genesis for the project came when Pasha, a high-school teacher in a provincial town in Russia, responded to a request from a web content company for people to explain how the “special military ...

With the snappy casualness of a “day in the life” vlog, Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, a charismatic Russian teacher who serves as planner and videographer for all of his school’s events, introduces his ...

“Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” which has its world premiere on Saturday in the World Cinema Documentary Competition section of the Sundance Film Festival, delivers an insider’s view of the impact of ...