Russian students are being presented with an ultra-nationalist curriculum, full of militarism and hatred toward Ukraine. The young teacher Pavel Talankin filmed the indoctrination of Russian children and smuggled the footage abroad for a documentary.
With his camera, this teacher documents life at a school in the Russian provinces. He shows how, after the invasion of Ukraine, propaganda and nationalism gradually seep into education. He has now fled the country.
While recording how the school carries out the government’s directives, he realizes he now has unique footage. Through contacts he gets in touch with an American director. Together they decide to make a documentary: “Mr. Nobody Against Putin.”
Since the invasion of Ukraine, new textbooks have been written in Russia in which the war against Ukraine is justified and excused. President Putin is rewriting history and shaping a new generation of loyal Putin supporters.
Meanwhile, the performance of ordinary students is declining, as becomes clear during staff meetings.
Talankin films everything, including the visit from the controversial Wagner Group and the forced military drills, such as shooting practice and grenade throwing.
To make this film, he had to flee, because criticizing President Putin’s new education policy is simply not possible in Russia.
Coming to theaters on 2026-01-15
humanspiral, could you please provide the Definition of “nazi” you’re using in this phrase? Pasted quote from linked source preferred.
The 2014 coup (US funded with US rulership selection) resulted in appointments from literal nazi parties who view Ukraine as a loser in WW2 (Much of east volunteered for SS divisions, genocided villages of non Ukrainians, administered extermination camps), and upon receiving rulership power immediately provoked Russia into war with pure nazi supremacist laws ethnic cleansing of regions opposing the nazi laws, and cancelling naval base leases. Western backing for this nazi regime since 2014 was admittedly and purely for provoking war with Russia, and corrupt nazi puppets forcing the loss of their country and deaths of their people because they are paid to. Zelensky’s winning campaign was a nazi-lite and anti-nazi one, and won because Ukrainians were sick of the evil corruption. He since have claimed proudly that it was all a lie to provoke war with more embezzling demonic western aid instead.