The Uprising
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Film / 2020
The Long Breakup
Directed by
Katya Soldak
Ukrainian journalist Katya Soldak, currently living in New York City and working for Forbes magazine, chronicles Ukraine's history: its strong ties to Russia for centuries; how it broke away from the USSR and began to walk alone; the Orange Revolution, the Maidan Revolution, the Crimea annexation, the Donbass War; all through the eyes of her family and friends settled in Kharkiv, a large Ukrainian city located just eighteen miles from the Russian border.
The story
Ukrainian journalist Katya Soldak, currently living in New York City and working for Forbes magazine, chronicles Ukraine's history: its strong ties to Russia for centuries; how it broke away from the USSR and began to walk alone; the Orange Revolution, the Maidan Revolution, the Crimea annexation, the Donbass War; all through the eyes of her family and friends settled in Kharkiv, a large Ukrainian city located just eighteen miles from the Russian border.
Cast
Katya SoldakSelf - Journalist
Timothy SnyderSelf - Historian
Serhiy ZhadanSelf - Writer
Mikhail GorbachevSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Eric PotapovSelf - Anchorman (archive footage)
Viktor YushchenkoSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Viktor YanukovychSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph StalinSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Vladimir PutinSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Yulia TymoshenkoSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Petro PoroshenkoSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Volodymyr ZelenskyySelf - Politician (archive footage)
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