Letter to Anna
Verzio FF Submission On October 7, 2006, Putin’s 54th birthday, journalist Anna Politkovskaja is shot in the lift of her Moscow home. Anna’s death is a personal tragedy: she has just learnt that she is to become a grandmother. But the murder is also a political act, for Politkovskaja was the Preside...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Russian English |
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PS 72 productions ; Zero One Film
2008
Switzerland |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:3cc54258-5556-4b6f-8ca0-808abdf692f0 |
| Summary: | Verzio FF Submission
On October 7, 2006, Putin’s 54th birthday, journalist Anna Politkovskaja is shot in the lift of her Moscow home. Anna’s death is a personal tragedy: she has just learnt that she is to become a grandmother. But the murder is also a political act, for Politkovskaja was the President’s fiercest critic. Narrated by Susan Sarandon “Letter to Anna” lays out the entire world of this famous journalist from belief to practice. The documentary details her work in Chechnya and explains the politics she fought for and against. |
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| Published: | 2008 |