Friday, June 6th, 2025
Under the Grey Sky (Pod szarym niebem)
Jersey Arts Centre
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Poland 2024 | 82 mins | Cert: 18 | Director: Mara Tamkovich When anti-regime journalist Lena is arrested for livestreaming the brutal crackdown of a demonstration protesting the 2020 Belarusian election, her husband Ilya is confronted with an impossible situation. Subjected to further police raids, and facing the likely reality that his wife will spend years in prison, Ilya must reckon with what he might have to give up by standing with Lena. At the same time, an incarcerated Lena is under pressure from the authorities to renounce her activism and betray her firmly held principles.