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Past Event

'Navalny' Documentary Film Screening and Discussion

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny last reported in November that he had been placed in permanent solitary confinement in the Russian penal colony where he is serving an 11-year sentence.  This is just the latest attempt to silence the longtime anti-corruption activist and foe of Vladimir Putin.  

Navalny was famously hospitalized in 2020 after being poisoned by a Russian-developed nerve agent. The gripping 2022 documentary Navalny chronicles his efforts to investigate his own poisoning . . . with shocking results. One of Navalny’s allies has called the film “life insurance” for the jailed opposition leader, since it is keeping him and his cause in the public consciousness. 

Join us for a screening and discussion with the director of Navalny, which made the shortlist for the 2023 Academy Award for Best Documentary. 

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January 9, 2023

The Commonwealth Club of California
110 The Embarcadero
Taube Family Auditorium
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States

Speakers

Shane Boris

Film Producer 

Christo Grozev

Investigative Journalist; Author; Navalny Film Participant 

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Daniel Roher

Director, Navalny

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Steven Saum

Executive Director of Strategic Communications and Content, Saint Mary’s College