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Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom poster
Directed by
Evgeny Afineevsky
Genre
documentary film
Country
Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
R
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 322 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine from late 2013 into early 2014. Citizens gather in Kyiv's Independence Square to demand closer ties with Europe, and the demonstrations escalate into a violent confrontation with the government.

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What happens

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (Ukrainian: «Зима у вогні: Боротьба України за свободу», romanized: Zyma u vohni: Borotba Ukrainy za svobodu) is a 2015 documentary film directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, written by Den Tolmor about the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine from 21 November 2013 to 23 February 2014. Produced by Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor and Netflix, the film is a coproduction of Ukraine, the United States, and the United Kingdom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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