The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Ukrainian journalist Katya Soldak, currently living in New York City and working for Forbes magazine, chronicles Ukraine's history: its strong ties to Russia for centuries; how it broke away from the USSR and began to walk alone; the Orange Revolution, the Maidan Revolution, the Crimea annexation, the Donbass War; all through the eyes of her family and friends settled in Kharkiv, a large Ukrainian city located just eighteen miles from the Russian border.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Katya SoldakWriter
- Sasha GusevOriginal Music Composer
- Katya SoldakDirector
Cast
- Katya SoldakSelf - Journalist
- Timothy SnyderSelf - Historian
- Serhiy ZhadanSelf - Writer
- Mikhail GorbachevSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Eric PotapovSelf - Anchorman (archive footage)
- Viktor YushchenkoSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Viktor YanukovychSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Joseph StalinSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Vladimir PutinSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Yulia TymoshenkoSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Petro PoroshenkoSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Volodymyr ZelenskyySelf - Politician (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
new york cityfamily relationshipsfemale journalistrussian historygeopoliticsorange revolution (ukraine)mother daughter relationshipdonbass warsoviet union historyukrainian revolutionukrainian politicsukrainian history