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My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

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📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English , Ukrainian
📆 Date Released: 2001-01-01
⌚ Running Time: 53 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 1.0

Beloved Cast

Barbara Hammer original image
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Barbara Hammer
Vera Berdashevich original image
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Vera Berdashevich
Vadim Bezprozvany original image
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Vadim Bezprozvany
Greesha Felanovsky original image
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Greesha Felanovsky
Alexander Ficinko original image
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Alexander Ficinko
Natalia Filonenko original image
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Natalia Filonenko

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