Holodomor: Voices of Survivors (2015)

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short documentary where filmmaker Ariadna Ochrymovych interviews Ukrainian Canadian survivors of the 1932-33 Holodomor famine in Soviet Ukraine. The survivors recount their firsthand experiences from that time.

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What happens

Holodomor: Voices of Survivors is a 2015 Canadian short documentary film by filmmaker Ariadna Ochrymovych about the 1932–33 Holodomor famine in Soviet Ukraine. It documents oral history from Ukrainian Canadian survivors of the Holodomor, which is recognized by Ukraine, Canada and 28 other countries as of 2023 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people carried out by the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. Ochrymovych conducted and filmed over 100 interviews across Canada. The production of the film was supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage, Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre, Shevchenko Foundation, Ukrainian credit unions and private donations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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