My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

The read

It runs a compact 53m.

Synopsis

This video documentary centers on the questions of civil liberties and cultural differences in a society beginning to open as one woman searches for her own ethnic roots, identity and family history in Ukraine. Issues of human rights, anti-Semitism, homophobia, feminism and a divided and economically-depressed country are encountered as Barbara Hammer, a feminist activist and pioneer of lesbian cinema, return to a “homeland” full of struggling as people search for a new post-glasnost identity.

Ratings

Key crew

• Barbara HammerDirector

Cast

• Barbara HammerSelf
• Vera BerdashevichSelf
• Vadim BezprozvanySelf
• Greesha FelanovskySelf
• Alexander FicinkoSelf
• Natalia FilonenkoSelf

Themes