February 8, 2020
The Earth is Blue as an Orange Film Screening at Wesleyan University

The Earth is Blue as an Orange

Ukrainian film "The Earth Is Blue Like an Orange"How much power can art have in wartime?

Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 7PM

Powell Family Cinema

College of Film and the Moving Image, Wesleyan University

FREE

 https://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/events/2020/02-2020/02132020-earth-is-blue.html

Film Screening with Director Iryna Tsilyk and Producer Anna Kapustina

Sundance Best Director World Documentary Cinema Award 2020

Sponsored by Wesleyan University College of Film and the Moving Image, Center for the Arts, Dance Department, Ukrainian Self Reliance New England Federal Credit Union, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies Program, Fries Center for Global Studies, College of the Environment, Allbritton Center for Public Life.

Ukrainian film “The Earth Is Blue Like an Orange”

Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEjIN33qGS0

Running time of film – 74 min.

To cope with the daily trauma of living in a war-zone, the single mother, Anna and her four children are making a film together about their life in Donbas, Ukraine.

Indiewire piece:

https://www.indiewire.com/video/the-earth-is-blue-as-an-orange-trailer-sundance-documentary-1202203050/?fbclid=IwAR1nCNUGbRV0cjdj2ySyZX3AgAzADf4xt0MPpeY_EFwoCKQ-KswRLmhaiGs

February 23, 2019
Countering Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine

Countering Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine

Ukraine is under attack. 

In the wake of Ukraine’s 2013-2014 Revolution of Dignity (aka Euromaydan), Russia illegally seized and occupied Crimea and started an armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.  Five years on, Russia continues to arm, train, lead, and fight alongside the anti-government forces in eastern Ukraine, while falsely insisting it is not a party to the conflict.  The fighting has resulted in approximately 13,000 deaths, caused the internal displacement of 1.5 million people, and forced more than 3.4 million more to require assistance and protection in a largely forgotten humanitarian catastrophe.  Critical civilian infrastructure continues to be damaged or disrupted, exacerbating humanitarian needs.  Russia continues to stall diplomatically as the situation deteriorates.Read More

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