NEMTSOV 

FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION:
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

6:00-6:45 p.m. – Cocktail & Appetizer Reception (includes 2 drink tickets for wine, beer or soda and heavy hors d’oeuvres)
6:45-7:00 p.m. – Move to Screening Room
7:00-8:00 p.m. – Movie Screening
8:00-8:30 p.m. – Q&A with Vladimir Kara-Murza 

VENUE:
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Room 544
111 E Taylor St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Thank you to The McCain Institute for bringing us this unique opportunity!

On Wednesday, November 28th, PCFR will host a screening of Nemtsov, a documentary film about the late leader of the Russian opposition directed by his friend and colleague Vladimir Kara-Murza.

Nemtsov chronicles a remarkable political life. It is a story told by those who knew Boris Nemtsov at different times: when he was a young scientist and took his first steps in politics; when he held high government offices and was considered Boris Yeltsin’s heir apparent; when he led Russia’s democratic opposition to Vladimir Putin. The film contains rare archival footage, including from the Nemtsov family. Nemtsov is a portrait. It is not about death. It is about the life of a man who could have been president of Russia. 

The film is in Russian, with English subtitles. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Vladimir Kara-Murza. 

Vladimir Kara-Murza

Vladimir Kara-Murza is vice chairman of the Open Russia movement and chairman of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom. He was a longtime colleague of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. Kara-Murza is a former deputy leader of the People’s Freedom Party and was a candidate for the Russian State Duma. He has testified before parliaments in Europe and North America, and played a key role in the passage of Magnitsky Laws that imposed targeted sanctions on Russian human rights violators in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, and other Western countries.

Twice, in 2015 and 2017, he was poisoned with an unknown substance and left in a coma; the attempts on his life were widely viewed as politically motivated. Kara-Murza is a contributing writer for the Washington Post, and has previously worked as a journalist for Russian broadcast and print media, including Ekho Moskvy and Kommersant. He directed two documentary films, They Chose Freedom (2005) and Nemtsov (2016). He is the author of Reform or Revolution (Moscow 2011) and a contributor to Russia’s Choices: The Duma Elections and After (London 2003), Russian Liberalism: Ideas and People (Moscow 2007), Why Europe Needs a Magnitsky Law (London 2013), and Boris Nemtsov and Russian Politics: Power and Resistance (Stuttgart 2018).

He has led international efforts to commemorate Nemtsov, including with the designations of Boris Nemtsov Plaza in Washington D.C. and Boris Nemtsov Square in Vilnius, Lithuania. Kara-Murza is a recipient of the Magnitsky Human Rights Award, the Sakharov Prize for Journalism as an Act of Conscience, and the Geneva Summit Courage Award. He holds an M.A. (Cantab.) in History from Cambridge. He is married, with three children.