Over time, Dud's YouTube channel grew from one-on-one interviews to documentary films on social issues and recent Russian history.
Kolyma In April 2019, the documentary film
Kolyma was published which is about
Stalinist repressions in the region of
Kolyma and the emergence of the
Gulag camps and their legacy.
Beslan. Remember In September 2019, a film about the victims and survivors of the
Beslan school siege in 2004 was released. In the opening of the film, Dud states: "Our state made mistakes that led to this tragedy. By giving maximum care to the victims it can earn forgiveness and, later, trust of its people". The film is based on interviews of witnesses, hostages, journalists, and bureaucrats who were there during the tragedy, including
Ruslan Aushev, the sole negotiator who entered the sieged school and led 26 hostages outside. The film received over 10 million views in four days on YouTube. Its release marked the 15th anniversary of the Beslan tragedy, where no documentaries or reports were given that day on state channels. Criticism from state media followed the release of the film with
Vladimir Solovyov being one of the most vocal. The newspaper
Argumenty i Fakty accused Dud of whitewashing the terrorists. , who witnessed the events, criticized Dud for what he called was a biased description of the
storming of the school by Russian forces. Independent publications including
Novaya Gazeta praised the documentary for what it described as a professional, calm, and thoroughly detailed analysis.
HIV in Russia: An Epidemic No One Talks About In February 2020,
HIV in Russia: An Epidemic No One Talks About was published, receiving over 13 million views in its first week of release. Initially, Dud's team wanted to tell its audience how to not become part of the statistics where over one million people in Russia live with
HIV. But during the production of the film, they understood the issue of constant condemnation and discrimination against those living with HIV. After its release, the politician
Fedot Tumusov organized a screening in the
State Duma in order to motivate other deputies to work on the issue. The head of the Audit Chamber of Russia,
Alexei Kudrin, ordered his department to carefully examine support measures provided to those living with HIV in the country. According to
Google Analytics, searches for HIV tests in Russia increased by 56 times after the film was released. The head of the Federal Centre for the Prevention and Control of the Spread of AIDS, Vadim Pokrovsky told media that the number of people willing to perform HIV tests doubled.
''How the World's IT Capital Works'' In April 2020, a film about
Silicon Valley Russian-speaking entrepreneurs was released. Although the film was generally praised, it was criticized for making the Silicon Valley business environment seem too positive, as it did not tell the story of hardship and failure.
Why They Torture in Russia In December 2021, a film about torture in modern-day Russia was released. The film opens up on the issue of violence and torture in Russia's
penitential facilities that stay undisclosed and uninvestigated, where often the victims are unable to sue their offenders. Even in those cases that are opened, the offenders are usually acquitted.
Man in War On 11 April 2022, a film about the work of volunteers helping
refugees from Ukraine titled (
English:
Man in the Time of War /
Man in War) came out based on Dud's research. ==Personal life==