); If we were stopped by the authorities, we feared we could have been jailed or fined
A new Irish documentary looks at the crackdown on LGBT+ rights in Russia. We spoke to its director. By Aoife Barry Thursday 4 Mar 2021, 10:30 AM Mar 4th 2021, 10:30 AM 14,159 Views 5 Comments
Image: Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis
Image: Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis
WHEN IRISH FILMMAKER Paul Rice and his partner Liam Jackson Montgomery left their home in San Francisco to head for a trip to Russia, they had a few unusual things to do first.
They made sure to get a photo of Rice with Jackson Montgomery’s sister, so he could pretend if asked by authorities that they were a couple. Facebook names and details were also changed so that it wasn’t obvious the men were partners. Their plan on the outside looked like a tour of