Pussy Riot Documentary
By: Simone Araujo
In class this week we watched the documentary about Pussy Riot. Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist band founded on August 2011. This documentary is about how Pussy Riot performed at different locations and spread the message for activism. Three Russian women Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich were sent to jail for two years because of their performance in a Moscow Cathedral. This documentary was cool to watch because you see three woman who go against all rules to spread a message through music. What's really crazy is how different other countries are from us we have the power to speak freely while some countries like Russia don't.
I do believe that eventually this can happen to America, one day I think that our rights will get provoked from us and that we will slowly turn into a mini Russia. I've seen it in the school system when students starting kneeling during the anthem, or refused to stand their was disciplinary actions involved. I think that with Pussy Riot around even if it's a Russian band that some sort of awareness can be spread and allow us to openly speak our thoughts.
As long as we continue to stand up for what we think is right, we will prevent our country from becoming like a little Russia.
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