Oct 18 2022

Ukrainian Art in the Shadow of the War

October 18, 2022

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Location

Behavioral Sciences Building

Address

1007 W. Harrison St, Suite 153, Chicago, IL 60607

Ukrainian Art in the Shadow of the War: Freefilmers’Documentaries and Short Experimental Films from Eastern Ukraine. Screening and discussion.

Introduction by Hanna Deikun, graduate student, Department of History, followed by the moderated discussion. Moderators: Hanna Deikun and Matthew Kendall, Dept. of Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies 

Freefilmers is a Mariupol-based collective of Ukrainian filmmakers and artists who have been focusing on the realities of life in Eastern Ukraine since 2014 (the years of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the beginning of the so-called hybrid war in Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Eastern Ukraine). With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, as their native city, Mariupol, was besieged by Russian troops, forcibly displaced members of the community started building a solidarity network to support their compatriots who are suffering from and fighting against invasion. We invite you to join this solidarity screening in order to learn more about Ukrainian resistance art movements and support their community.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT VOLUNTEER WORK IN UKRAINE, PLEASE DONATE AT: Paypal/Wise kazzzmi@gmail.com  OR Zelle hdeiku2@uic.edu

SCREENING PROGRAM:

Alena Zagreba, “Video diary from Mariupol,” 7 min

Sashko Protyah / Oksana Kazmina, “Eastern Ukrainian Dialogue,” 25 min and “Revitalization of Space,” 25 min

Natasha Tzeliuba, “My cosmos,” 10 min

Svitlava Shymko, “The Wonderful Years,” 8 min

 

The event is free and open to public.

Contact

Institute for the Humanities

Date posted

Oct 6, 2022

Date updated

Oct 6, 2022