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Songs of Slow Burning Earth
(2024, Olha Zhurba),
A film screening and discussion
"Captured in varying proximities to the frontline over two years, the audiovisual diary of Ukraine’s immersion into the abyss of total war traces the subtle changes in Ukrainian society. The ragged chords of panic and horror of the first weeks of the Russian invasion slowly morph into the numb stillness of the acceptance of death and destruction, which eventually becomes the tragic normality for the local population, but just an afterthought for the rest of the world. Against the backdrop of the (meta)physical landscape of collective disaster, a new generation of Ukrainians aspires to imagine the future." https://filmotor.com/slow-burning-earth/
The screening will be followed by a conversation featuring: director Olha Zhurba (remotely); Olena Tanchyk, PhD, Global Launch ASU; and Oli M Nevinska, Arizona Advocacy Delegation Leader, American Coalition for Ukraine; Anna Holian, Associate Professor, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies and Anna Hedberg Olenina, Associate Professor, School of International Letters and Cultures.
The discussion will be facilitated by Luiza Parvu and Toma Peiu (Poitier Film School).
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