Previous Full Frame films like Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer and Putin’s Kiss have documented the fascistic aspects of Vladimir Putin’s rule in Russia. The Term is another action-packed chronicle of Putin’s opponents at a time when wrestling over politics is something that often happens, quite literally, in the streets. In a breathtaking feat of access, the filmmakers place viewers in the middle of the scrum, to witness cacophonous rallies and marches as well as high-level strategy sessions with the architects of dissent: Ksenia Sobchak, a photogenic TV host, organizer, and government critic; Ilya Yashin, her sometime suitor and leader of an opposition party; Sergei Udaltsov, a stone-faced leftist strongman; and Alexei Navalny, a charismatic blogger, activist, and political aspirant. Russian TV footage of some of Putin’s more absurd exploits is interspersed for ironic counterpoint. Watch this film and become familiar with the names in tomorrow morning’s newspaper.  MM