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‘DAU’ Director Defends Film After Ukraine Backlash

Ilya Khrzhanovsky says attacks on his film, including from the Ukraine Ministry of Culture, are factually wrong and misrepresent the movie. “DAU is not an instrument of Russian state cultural policy.

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Ilya Khrzhanovsky says attacks on his film, including from the Ukraine Ministry of Culture, are factually wrong and misrepresent the movie. “DAU is not an instrument of Russian state cultural policy. It is an artistic statement about the nature of totalitarian evil.”

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