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Best Of: Fighting for free press in Russia / ‘Fear and Fury’

Feb 7, 2026 · 47m
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  • Filmmaker Julia Loktev's documentary 'My Undesirable Friends - Part 1: Last Air in Moscow' follows independent Russian journalists before and after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
  • The film raises urgent questions about press freedom, with Loktev noting how events resonate with current American concerns
  • Historian Heather Ann Thompson revisits the 1984 Bernhard Goetz subway shooting and how media narratives shaped racial politics, detailed in her book 'Fear and Fury'

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