Seeds of Hunger - Ukraine 1933

The story

Between 1931 and 1933, 4 million Ukrainians were to die of hunger. This famine was not preceded by any cataclysmic weather event, nor by a war. This was an ideological crime: decided by Stalin and approved by the Politburo, with the aim of punishing Ukrainian peasants who refused the collectivization of the countryside, cultivated a strong form of nationalism and showed resistance to communist ideology. Drawing on previously unpublished material, on many Soviet films and on a number of particular points of view, including that of Welsh journalist and whistleblower Gareth Jones, this film retraces the story of that famine.

Cast

K Kester LovelaceGareth Jones (voice) E Elisabeth WautletSoviet Authorities (voice) L Less "Leslie" ClackEdouard Herriot (voice) (as Les Clack) J Jerry Di GiacomoItalian Consul (voice) K Ken StarcevicWalter Duranty (voice) B Bruce SherfieldAccounts (voice)