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Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (debuting June 10), an official selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it received a World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award, tells the story of Nadia, Masha and Katia of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot. In February 2012, they performed a 40-second "punk prayer" inside Russia's main cathedral, which led to their arrest on charges of religious hatred, followed by a trial that reverberated around the world and transformed the face of Russian society. With unparalleled access and exclusive footage, this timely film looks at the real people behind the colorful balaclavas. Directed and produced by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin.

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer Kicks off HBO's Documentary Summer Series on June 10, 2013 at 9:00 p.m.