The Penal Colony is a political short film based on Pussy Riot’s Nadia Tolokonnikova’s brutal account of the two-year imprisonment inside a Russian women’s prison, the human rights abuse she and others endured and her eventual hunger strike leading to international media acknowledging the abuse being endured by the women of Penal Colony #14 of Mordovia.

The screenplay was adapted based on interviews with Nadia Tolokonnikova’s as well as her open letter titled ‘Why I have gone on hunger strike’ written in secret from prison and published in the Guardian newspaper on the 23rd of September, 2013.

• Film Type: Short
• Genres: Political, drama, True story, narrative, Women’s right, Social justice, Humanitarian issues, Social issues, Prison reform, Human rights
• Runtime: 23 minutes 33 seconds
• Budget: 23,000 USD
• Completion Date: October 1, 2016
• Country of Origin: United Kingdom
• Country of Filming: Greece
• Film Language: English
  
• Shooting Format: Alexa 2K
• Aspect Ratio: 2:39
• Film Color: Color

• Lindsey Aliksanyan: Director
• Manos Cizek: Director
• Lindsey Aliksanyan: Writer
• Manos Cizek: Writer
• Lindsey Aliksanyan: Producer
• Christina Moumouri: Cinematography
• Martin L. Washington Jr.: Key Cast
• Maya Washington: Key Cast
• Mariana Novak: Key Cast
• Constantine Markoulakis: Key Cast
• Elena Mirtchofska: Key Cast
• Susan DiBona: Key Cast
• Salvatore Sangiovanni: Key Cast
• Nadia Tolokonnikova: Key Cast