Hanging out w/OSCAR-WINNER David Borenstein
- kellygiles

- 6 days ago
- 1 min read

hanging out with David Borenstein, OSCAR-WINNER as co-director of the powerful, deeply moving documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin)/LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this powerful, deeply moving OSCAR-WINNING documentary, as it documents, in darkly comic, absurdist fashion, how authoritarianism, abuse of power, and propanganda seek to try to poison the minds of the students who had become "found family" for Pavel (Pasha) Talankin, just as my debut memoir Killing Justice, documents, in darkly comic, absurdist fashion similar abuses of power in America, which, when combined with the lightning fast authoritarianism & propaganda of this past year (way faster than in Russia, according to friends of the film's co-director David Borenstein-“One interesting thing about working with a team of Russians throughout this process has been my desire, as an American, to constantly compare the situation in America to Russia,” he said. “But a lot of my Russian colleagues and friends always said, ‘No, it’s not the same situation. It’s actually happening quicker in America than it’s been happening in Russia. Trump was moving a lot quicker than Putin in his early years.’) have tried to poison the minds of Americans against the immigrants who became my "found family" during my two decades plus as an immigration lawyer



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