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Film Screening • The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

Varsity Theater, Chapel Hill 123 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Exquisitely shot and bold in its storytelling approach, director Iryna Tsilyk’s documentary follows single mother Anna and her four children as they document their lives under siege in Eastern Ukraine. Eldest daughter Mira dreams of becoming a cinematographer. As bombs … Read more

Film Screening • Bad Roads (Погані дороги)

Varsity Theater, Chapel Hill 123 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Four short stories are set along the roads of Donbass, Ukraine during the war. There are no safe spaces and no one can make sense of just what is going on. Even as they are trapped in the chaos, some … Read more

Film Screening • Donbass (Донбасс)

Varsity Theater, Chapel Hill 123 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In the Donbass region of Eastern Ukraine a hybrid war takes place, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass scale perpetrated by Russian-separatist gangs. In Donbass, war is called peace, propaganda is uttered as truth, … Read more

Film Screening • A House Made of Splinters (Ukraine, 2022)

Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center UNC-Chapel Hill

As the war in Eastern Ukraine takes a heavy toll on poor families living near the frontline, a small group of strong-willed social workers work tirelessly in a special kind of orphanage to create an almost magical safe space for … Read more