he film is based on the testimonies of survivors of the Holocaust that were collected by The Visual Library Archive of USC Shoah Foundation. Director Sergey Bukovsky takes the viewer on a journey of discovery as he and several Ukrainian students absorb the testimony of Ukrainian people who escaped brutal execution and those who rescued friends and neighbors during the Holocaust. A collection of men and women share the details of their experiences, and we are afforded a glimpse of modern-day Ukraine: the ethnic stereotypes that continue to exist and the manner in which Post-Soviet society is dealing with the question of how to memorialize the sites where tens of thousands of Jewish families and others were executed and thrown into mass graves. | ||
Title | : | Spell Your Name |
Release Date | : | 2006-09-01 |
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Production Countries | : | Ukraine, United States of America, |
Production Co. | : | Plus Films USC Shoah Foundation |
Genres | : | Documentary, Drama, |
Casts | : | Polina Bel'skaia, Maryna Chaika, Mariia Egorycheva-Glagoleva, |
Plot Keywords | : | holocaust (shoah), world war ii, massacre, nazi occupation, 1940s, german forces, ukraine, babyn yar massacre, |
Alternative Titles | : | Untitled Ukrainian Holocaust Project |