简介：RussianjournalistandhumanrightsactivistAnnaPolitkovskayawaskilledinMoscowinOctober,2006.In2004,shehadwritten:"Societyhasshownlimitlessapathy...WearehurtlingbackintoaSovietabyss,intoaninformationvacuumthatspellsdeathfromourownignorance."andofherownpessimism:"the'optimistic'forecast...isthedeathsentenceforourgrandchildren."[Putin'sRussia(2004)] FilmmakerMarinaGoldovskaya,whowasPolitkovskaya'steacher,thenmentor,thenclosefriend,hasmadeanintenselypersonalfilmaboutAnna'sgrowingpoliticizationandhumaninvolvementwithChechnyaandtheincreasinglyrepressivePutingovernment.ThefilmisbalancedbetweenwrenchingfootageofviolenceinChechnyaandMoscowandgracefulfootageofPolitkovskayainherapartment,hotelrooms,evenahospitalgurney,reflectingonherlife,workandprinciples,thatonlyafriendcouldhavecaptured.Anextraordinarydocumentary.…