We program the documentary “Navalny” (2022, 98 min) in honor of the Russian opposition leader and democratic reformer, who died in an Arctic prison in northern Russia on February 16. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature almost exactly a year ago.

Daniel Roher’s “Navalny” examines the anti-corruption crusader’s effort to investigate an incident in 2020 in which he fell grievously ill after being secretly dosed with the neurotoxin Novichok. With help from a Bulgarian investigative journalist, Navalny determined the assassination plot had been implemented by Kremlin agents. After recuperating in Germany, Navalny made the fateful decision to return to Russia in 2021, whereupon he was immediately arrested and later tried and imprisoned.

English subtitles.

Free Entrance.