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U-Kino Film Festival: The Babushkas of Chernobyl – Free Event
August 12 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Welcome to the U-Kino Film Festival: U-Kino Film Festival: The Babushkas of Chernobyl
U-Kino is a festival of Ukrainian cinema, with an aim to raise visibility of Ukrainian film and culture more broadly. The intention is to explore possibilities of ‘disagreeing well’, sophisticated spaces to explore conflict and the role of creative practice. The festival takes place from July – November 2024, the final screening is to coincide with commemorative events at the National Museum of Holodomor Genocide, Kyiv. The screenings take place in SODA cinema at the School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Join us on Mon Aug 12 2024 at 15:00 at SODA (School of Digital Arts) for an exciting cinematic experience.
Director: Holly Morris, Anne Bogart
Year: 2015 Duration: 70 min
In the radioactive Dead Zone surrounding Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4, a defiant community of women scratches out an existence on some of the most toxic land on Earth.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A
The event is free to attend, all welcome.