Maidan (2014)

Original title

Майдан

Directed by

Sergei Loznitsa

Genre

documentary film

Country

Ukraine, Netherlands

Runtime

2h 14m

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a documentary about the 2013-2014 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine. It shows the protests from peaceful gatherings to violent clashes between police and civilians.

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What happens

Maidan (Ukrainian: Майдан) is a 2014 documentary film, directed by Sergei Loznitsa. It focuses on the Euromaidan movement of 2013 and 2014 in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Ukraine's capital Kyiv. It was filmed during the protests and depicts different aspects of the revolution, from the peaceful rallies to bloody clashes between police and civilians. The film premiered on May 21, 2014 at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. It had a theatrical release in the United States on December 12, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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