HBO’s Documentary ‘Bolshoi Babylon’ Says Sergei Filin Wasn’t Simply Blameless Victim Of Acid Attack

The film “avoids presenting Filin as a martyr. Instead it gives voice to dancers who describe him as biased and imperious, and highlights Filin’s tense rapport with the Bolshoi’s general director Vladimir Urin, appointed by the Kremlin in September 2013 to put the house in order.