When Kazakhstan moved its capital to Astana, a provincial town surrounded by endless steppe became a futuristic metropolis. In Capital, stories of the city's residents intersect against the backdrop of the city's tenth anniversary celebration. Cranes stretch as far as the eye can see while fear over the financial crisis spreads and Astana's first generation faces the reality of life on utopia's outskirts.

Capital

In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putin’s rule. Among them were a group of young, radical-feminist punk rockers, better known as Pussy Riot. Wearing colored balaclavas, tights, and summer dresses, they entered Moscow’s most venerated cathedral and dared to sing “Mother Mary, Banish Putin!” Now they have become victims of a “show” trial.

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

Viktor Bout was a war profiteer, an entrepreneur, an aviation tycoon, an arms dealer, and—strangest of all—a documentary filmmaker. The Notorious Mr. Bout is the ultimate rags-to-riches-to-prison memoir, documented by the last man you'd expect to be holding the camera.