Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus (2013)

Directed by

Madeleine Sackler

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows members of an underground theater troupe in Belarus who risk arrest to perform political satire. It also covers the 2010 presidential campaign of Andrei Sannikov and the brutal crackdown that followed.

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What happens

Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Madeleine Sackler detailing the experiences of the illicit Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) during the political revolution of independence. The film's footage from Belarus was smuggled out by the camerawomen in Belarus. Other scenes were filmed in the United States and the United Kingdom, including uncensored interviews with BFT actors. The film documents the personal and artistic struggles of several members of the BFT, showing the high costs they are forced to pay when defying the governing regime. It also documents one of the presidential candidates, Andrei Sannikov, who was arrested by the KGB following his presidential run. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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