Screening: The Long Breakup

2501 Mystic Valley Parkway,Medford MA 02155

17 June, 2022

Description

Please consider donating to Razom, an incredible organization providing critical humanitarian war relief and recovery including medical supplies, evacuating children and the ill, and advocating for Ukraine. Any amount can save a life. https://www.razomforukraine.org// Reserve your ticket for the FREE screening and discussion with director Katya Soldak. Please bring your own seating. About the documentary: The Long Breakup is a feature length documentary about Ukraine’s struggle to escape Russia’s embrace, leave its Soviet past behind and become a truly independent nation. Ukrainian-American journalist Katya Soldak, of Forbes Magazine, now living in New York City, tells the story of her home country as it exits the USSR, works through two revolutions, and endures a war with Russia—all through the eyes of her family and friends in Kharkiv, a large Ukrainian city just 18 miles from the Russian border. The Long Breakup takes viewers on an intimate journey that illustrates how big geopolitical changes affect people on a personal level, and explores what happens when democracy slips away and a nation must fight for the right to choose its future. The film offers insight into what it’s like for an immigrant to watch her country go through crises from afar; but, most importantly, it’s a personal tale about life in the young, former Soviet country, whose struggle forms the backdrop of so many lives.