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

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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