AskoldKurov'sboldandcompellingdocumentarychroniclestheerosionofpressfreedominRussiaintherunupto,andduring,theinvasionofUkraine.
Withunparalleledaccess,OfCaravanandtheDogsfollowsagroupofindependentjournalistsandactivistswhosecriticismofthewarinUkraineleadstotheircensorshipandexile.‘There´ssuchathingasself-respect’,musesonejournalistinastaffmeetingcalledtodiscusstheethicsofpublishingundernew,arcanecensorshiplaws.Structuredaroundacountdowntowar,thefilmintercutstensemeetingsbetweennewspaperstaffwithfootageofRussianpoliceransackingmediaoffices,televisedbroadcastsbyPutin,large-scaleprotestsinRussiaandon-the-groundfootagefromanembattledUkraine.Thefilmisbothapowerfulexplorationofthepersonaldilemmasofpeoplelivingunderstrictrepressionandauniqueperspectiveonresistancemovementswithinanotoriouslyhermeticstate.
