On Putin's Blacklist
★ 1 · 2017 · 72m · Documentary
Traces the new Cold War between Russia and the West from the ban on American citizens adopting Russian children to the Kremlin’s anti-LGBTQ campaign, which positions the international marriage equality movement as a national threat.
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