They fled Russia, but they did not stop reporting. Julia Loktev follows journalists from the independent broadcaster TV Rain as they rebuild lives abroad and continue documenting the war in Ukraine in My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile. The documentary plays at New Plaza Cinema on the Upper West Side this weekend.

The 355-minute film follows the journalists across Europe and beyond after Russian authorities branded them foreign agents and their work at home became increasingly dangerous. The second installment continues a project that began with My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow, filmed in the period leading up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

New Plaza will divide the film into two screenings: chapters one through three on Saturday, November 7, at noon, and chapters four and five on Sunday, November 8, at 5:30 p.m. A Q&A with Loktev is advertised in the screening announcement. Anna Nemzer, one of the journalists featured, is credited as co-director; Meryl Streep and Laura Poitras are executive producers.

The cinema is at 35 West 67th Street. Showtimes and ticket availability are listed through New Plaza Cinema.