(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
Russian film director Andrej Nekrasov, in exile in Norway, is in severe weather due to the documentary The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes. The main character William Browder is an American billionaire and formerly an expelled "oligarch" from Russia. He now uses lawyers to tear apart the film that suggests he is fooling people. With a lot of money, he tries to stop the shows. Although not everyone is convinced that the director is right, Nekrasov is one of the most talented filmmakers of our time – at the same time he has long been a critic of the Russian regime. When the documentary had a preview for a select audience at the Cinematheque in Oslo this summer, Nekrasov became very sensitive when he in the debate afterwards was accused of doing Putin's errand. His integrity is in finding truths, investigative journalism is held in high esteem.
The Norwegian fearless production company Piraya also does this, where they address abuses of power internationally, as in films from North Korea, Indonesia, Afghanistan, India and Georgia. They are now also involved in a film about the murder of Dag Hammarskjöld.
The Helsinki Committee has admittedly sided with Browder. But in such a complex tax case of 23 companies and $ 230 million going astray? And was Browder's lawyer Magnitsky actually killed, or did he die in a Russian prison with a lack of health care? Is rich Browder hiding something, or are the Russian authorities doing it? Little is proven. The strength of the documentary is nevertheless to be revealed. In public, the film has almost become an ongoing "trial" between Nekrasov, Browder, the media and the Russian regime. Ny Tid has also been warned that we can get a lawyer on our neck if we say something wrong.
But as Nekrasov himself said in Oslo, this is just a movie. Still, some documentaries are the new investigative journalism.
