
In2020thecityofMinsk,Belarus,overflowswithmassiveanti-governmentprotests.Peopletaketothestreetstodefendtheirdreamandobjecttothestateofanxietytheyhavebeenlivinginforyears.Swingingbackandforthbetweenfearandfearlessness,theylookforthesolidarityofthepolice,whohavebeendeployedontothestreetstoputanendtothissamedreamandmutetheirvoices.<br/> Inthisnewhybriddocumentaryandvideoessay,directorSashaKulakjuxtaposesdocumentaryfootagewithperformativeelements.Sheintroducesadreamyfigure–Mara–whotakesusonajourneyamongtheprotestingcrowds.Mara’ssymbolicpresencecontrastswiththeharshrealityofthestreet.ThereisadeterminationtoMara,butalsoafragility–asifherpersonareflectsthecollectivementalstateoftheprotesterswitnessingtheirdreamturnintoanightmare.