And I'm one smart

On YouTube, you can watch the movie “White Coat” - the first detailed biography of the Russian political activist created by director Igor Sadreyev

Why such a provocative name? It was born from a meme. We will see him on the screen. On the poster of Valeria of Novodvorskaya, the phrase “You are all fools and do not treat! And I'm one smart. " The meme walked on the Internet. The author of the film believes that the expression “white coat” began with this picture. And I must say that from this image of the “separateness”, its own point of view, contrasting itself to the majority, it did not refuse.

Those who do not know about Novodvorskaya will discover a bright, independent person living in a tough authoritarian system according to the laws established by themselves.

Even during the perestroika, she had 17 arrests, 17 hunger strikes, four forced treatment in psychiatric hospitals.

At the cost of her own health, and if necessary, she defended the right to her opinion, defended freedom of speech. Yes, just freedom for all of us.

People like Valeria Novodvorskaya made extremely a lot to make the sprouts of freedom, even given to top of the Russian reality.

Today, from Novodvorskaya they are trying to make a sort of clown from politics. Thanks to the film by Igor Sadreev, we begin to better understand the motives and actions of this unique, encyclopedically educated woman. Not only an unbending fighter for “our and your freedom”, but also a warm, gentle friend, a cheerful, witty, strong man. And the testimonies of Igor Tsarkov, describing in detail Valery Ilyinichn, are priceless.

Thanks to the research of the author, a rare filming, an interview with the film “White Coat” becomes a portrait of a large -scale, contradictory, tragic personality. A portrait against the background of a country crossing the abyss without choosing a path.