Donbass

Drama | 2022 | NR. 2hr 2min
CAST: Tamara Yatsenko, Irina Zayarmiuk, Grigory Masliuk DIRECTOR: Sergey Loznitsa TUESDAY FILM SERIES | MAY 17, 2022 | MASKS OPTIONAL

*A New York Times Critics Pick* In eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of propaganda and manipulation begin to surface in this post-truth era.

For all theatrical engagements the distributor, Film Movement, is donating 10% of gross ticket sales to the Ukraine Crisis Fund administered by Americares. Americares is a BBB-accredited charity with a four-star rating from Charity Navigator. They have more than 40 years of experience responding to emergencies, including conflicts that lead to large-scale displacements. Americares is currently providing rush emergency support for Ukraine, delivering medicine, medical supplies and emergency funding to support families and people affected by the Ukraine crisis.

Join us prior to the May 17th, 7:00 screening for a special presentation given by Sofiia Syzonenko. Sofiia is from Ukraine and is a junior at Annie Wright Upper School. Presentation begins at 7:00PM, film screening to follow. For more information about Sofiia, click here.

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Reviews

Billed as a satirical black comedy, the fear, hatred and degradation of the inhabitants of this region is prescient of what the entire country of Ukraine is currently experiencing.

Jeanne Kaplan, Kaplan vs. Kaplan

There's no other antiwar film quite like "Donbass," Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa's brutally matter-of-fact, cynically comic string of vignettes depicting social destabilization in the titular war-ravaged region of eastern Ukraine.

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times