Babi Yar. Context (2021)
- Original title
- Бабий Яр. Контекст
- Directed by
- Sergei Loznitsa
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ukraine
- Runtime
- 2h 01m
- Rated
- R18+
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary uses archival footage to show what happened before and after the Nazi massacre of nearly 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar in Kyiv in September 1941. It focuses on the events and their aftermath without added narration.
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What happens
Babi Yar. Context (Russian: «Бабий Яр. Контекст»), also known as Babyn Yar. Context (Ukrainian: «Бабин Яр. Контекст»), is a 2021 documentary film by the Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa that explores the prelude and aftermath of the World War II massacre of nearly 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar in Kyiv, Ukraine in September 1941. The film, which is in Russian and German with English subtitles, features "rare and unseen" archival footage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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