Using the patriotic military celebrations of May 9 as an ongoing and disquieting motif, St. Petersburg–based documentary filmmaker Rudnitskaya introduces several ordinary gay and lesbian couples whose legal rights are increasingly invalidated, and whose very lives are in constant danger in a cultural and political climate that’s turned blatantly, unapologetically homophobic.
Alina Rudnitskaya
Director
Welcome to Chechnya69%
Public Speaking70%
The Class of ‘9271%
Directed by John Ford70%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Sherman's March67%
McQueen74%
Dawg Fight65%
180° South72%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
My Mom Jayne80%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Above Majestic73%
Maternal Instinct71%
Trainwreck: The Real Project X59%
Tabloid64%
Extremis69%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Report61%
