In a few minutes, PEN America will be co-hosting a screening of Arnold Kurov’s “The Trial,” a documentary about Oleg Sentsov, together with @MovingImageNYC. The screening will be followed by a discussion with @mashagessen and the producer Max Tuula. Stay tuned for updates!
“People in Eastern Europe really know what this regime is,” producer Max Tuula is about to explain the process of creation of “The Trial.” It is the first screening in the U.S. #FreeSentsov
“He [Sentsov] is the kind of person who would go and do things, like he is doing with his current hunger strike, because he wants to make an impact,” says Max Tuula about Oleg Sentsov, who he knows personally. “This is why the Russian regime chose him as a scapegoat.”
“He didn’t see the Russian Court as legitimate. He will never address Putin to pardon him because he does not see him as legitimate,” says Max Tuula. #FreeSentsov 
“He is not on hunger strike because of himself. He is on hunger strike because he wants all Ukrainian prisoners to be released. He will not give up,” Tuula on Sentsov. #FreeSentsov
“What we can do here in America is to address the U.S. government and convince politicians to put pressure on Putin to release Sentsov,” says Max Tuula in his discussion with @mashagessen. #FreeSentsov
“Sentsov’s decision to go on hunger strike is perfectly consistent with his principles shown in “The Trial,” says @mashagessen. #FreeSentsov
“Sentsov used his last word in his trial to publicize the truth about the Russian regime and the war in Ukraine,” says @mashagessen. “It is so very important.” #FreeSentsov
