My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
2001•NR•53m•5.5•Released
HistoryDocumentary
This video documentary centers on the questions of civil liberties and cultural differences in a society beginning to open as one woman searches for her own ethnic roots, identity and family history in Ukraine. Issues of human rights, anti-Semitism, homophobia, feminism and a divided and economically-depressed country are encountered as Barbara Hammer, a feminist activist and pioneer of lesbian cinema, return to a “homeland” full of struggling as people search for a new post-glasnost identity.
Director
Barbara Hammer
Languages
English, Ukrainian
Studio
Barbara Hammer Productions
Cast
Barbara Hammer
Self
Vera Berdashevich
Self
Vadim Bezprozvany
Self
Greesha Felanovsky
Self
Alexander Ficinko
Self
Natalia Filonenko
Self
Production
Company
Barbara Hammer Productions
Producer
Barbara Hammer
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