This event is in the past.It took place on February 26, 2026 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Documentary
DocumentaryFilm Screening – “My Undesirable Friends: Part 1—Last Air in Moscow: Crackdown Chapters 1–3”
Downtown Berkeley
An intimate epic that puts you front-row as young Russian journalists risk everything to report truth under Putin's regime. When the Ukraine invasion hits, they're forced to choose between their work and exile in this rare, unflinching look at authoritarianism in real time.
Documentary
Independent journalism
Political cinema
Critic's pick
Tips
🎬"One of the year's most towering achievements...brilliant, riveting, vital, devastating" (New York Times)
🎥"I greatly admire...remarkable portrait of young journalists fighting to report the truth" (Frederick Wiseman)
⏸️15-minute intermission built into screening
Film Screening – “My Undesirable Friends: Part 1—Last Air in Moscow: Crackdown Chapters 1–3”
Downtown Berkeley
DocumentaryDocumentaryAn intimate epic that puts you front-row as young Russian journalists risk everything to report truth under Putin's regime. When the Ukraine invasion hits, they're forced to choose between their work and exile in this rare, unflinching look at authoritarianism in real time.
Documentary
Independent journalism
Political cinema
Critic's pick
Tips
🎬"One of the year's most towering achievements...brilliant, riveting, vital, devastating" (New York Times)
🎥"I greatly admire...remarkable portrait of young journalists fighting to report the truth" (Frederick Wiseman)
⏸️15-minute intermission built into screening
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