MSNBC Films has acquired From Russia with Lev, the first project from Rachel Maddow's production company Surprise Inside. The documentary will premiere at an MSNBC Live event on September 7, before making its theatrical and television debut.
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The documentary project focuses on Lev Parnas, a key Ukrainian figure in the congressional investigation that led to the first impeachment of Donald Trump in 2019. The project will feature new interview footage with Parnas and his personal archive of photos, videos, documents and secret recordings. Maddow interviewed Parnas on the eve of Trump’s first impeachment trial in January 2020. He was acquitted.
From Russia with Lev will be screened for audiences at MSNBC Live: Democracy 2024, a gathering of network hosts for a daylong discussion at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. No dates have been announced for the theatrical and broadcast performance.
The project is directed by Billy Corben and produced in association with Corben's studio rakontur and Universal Television Alternative Studio. Maddow serves as executive producer, along with Rashida Jones, Rebecca Kutler and Amanda Spain.
