My husband is in prison just for telling the truth.
My husband is in prison just for defending democracy.
Alexei, Im dreaming of the day when you will be free and our country will be free.
Roher saluted both Grosev and Navalnys associate Maria Pevchikh, who joined him on the Oscar stage.
Thank you to the Academy.
We are humbled to be in the company of such an extraordinary crop of documentary filmmakers.
These films redefined what it is to make a documentary, Roher said.
We owe so much to our Bulgarian nerd with the laptop, Christo Grosev.
Roher saved his most passionate remarks for Navalny himself.
Theres one person who couldnt be with us here tonight.
I would like to dedicate this award to Navalny, to all political prisoners around the world.
Alexei, the world has not forgotten your vital message to us all.
We cannot, we must not be afraid to oppose dictators and authoritarianism wherever it rears its head.
The win came for a CNN Films division that underwent major change in the past year.
Academy Award winners Riz Ahmed and filmmaker-musician Ahmir Questlove Thompson presented the category.
You will recall that is where we had that little skirmish last year, Kimmel reminded the audience.
Lets hope this year it goes off without a hitch, or at least withoutHitch.
Below is theNavalnyteam backstage.
