The piece is built from the final statements of women tried on political charges in Russian courts. A defendant’s last word from the dock has become the only form of free speech still possible in Russia today.

We hear the last words of Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Alla Gutnikova, Sasha Skochilenko, Zarifa Sautieva, and others. Together they make a portrait of their courage—and of the regime that put them on trial.