Mike Lerner has produced numerous documentary films and series, which have been broadcast on BBC, Channel 4, BFI, HBO, PBS, Discovery Channel and Netflix.
In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putin’s rule. Among them were a group of young, radical-feminist punk rockers, better known as Pussy Riot. Wearing colored balaclavas, tights, and summer dresses, they entered Moscow’s most venerated cathedral and dared to sing “Mother Mary, Banish Putin!” Now they have become victims of a “show” trial.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the only one running against Lukashenko in the 2020 Belarusian election. When Lukashenko declares a victory of 80% questions regarding the fairness of the election are being raised.
For more than half a century, Beate and Serge Klarsfeld have hunted, confronted, and exposed Nazi war criminals. Now in their 80s, they still continue their activism against today’s new Nazis and far right extremists.