In 2017, Mikhail Fishman and Vera Krichevskaya released The Man Who Was Too Free, a documentary film about Boris Nemtsov. Through newsreel footage and interviews, the film tracks Nemtsov’s astronomical rise as a democratic figurehead in the tumult of the Yeltsin era, his political career amid the growing authoritarianism of the 2000s, and his involvement in modern Russia’s most pivotal moments – a story which ends with his murder opposite the Kremlin in 2015.

The Man Who Was Too Free was the highest-grossing documentary in Russia in more than a decade, and formed the basis of Fishman’s political biography of Boris Nemtsov, The Successor, shortlisted for this year’s Book Prize.

Screening in Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 2 hours 6 minutes 

This event is part of the Pushkin House Book Prize Festival. Festival Passes are now on sale, which offer priority access to all events. Book early and take advantage of our early-bird offer until 15 August.

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