To Russia with Love (2014)

Name: To Russia with Love
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-10-19

1h 30m

Running Time

Plot.

To Russia with Love examines human rights through the lens of LGBT athletes, with American athlete and commentator Johnny Weir serving as the viewers' guide.

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Cast & Crew.

Jane Lynch

Self - Narrator (voice)

Martina Navratilova

Self - Tennis Icon

Jason Collins

Self - First Openly Gay NBA Player

Johnny Weir

Self - Olympic Figure Skater

Jason Collins

Self - First Openly Gay NBA Player

Ban Ki-moon

Self - Secretary General of the United Nations

Noam Gonick

Director / Writer

Thomas Roberts

Self - MSNBC Host

Tommie Smith

Self - Gold Medal 200M Dash, 1968 Summer Olympics

Kerry Muzzey

Composer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
October 19, 2014

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Wiki.

To Russia with Love is a 2014 documentary film by Canadian director Noam Gonick. Shot in Sochi, Russia during the 2014 Winter Olympics, the film centres on the controversial Russian gay propaganda law, and the ethical dilemmas faced by openly LGBT athletes such as Johnny Weir, Belle Brockhoff, Anastasia Bucsis and Blake Skjellerup around whether to speak out against the law while competing in Russia.

The film was narrated by Jane Lynch, and also included interviews with Billie Jean King, Greg Louganis, Simona Meiler, Charline Labonté, Brian Burke, Mark Tewksbury, David Remnick, Stephen Fry and Jason Collins.

The film premiered on the Epix cable network in the United States in August 2014. It had its Canadian premiere at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in 2015, and received selected other theatrical screenings before being broadcast by CBC Television.

The film received a GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Documentary at the 26th GLAAD Media Awards.