The Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University is proud to
co-present
the screening The Living, at the 33rd Annual Margaret Mead Film & Video
Festival, November 12-15!  All screenings are held at the American Museum of
Natural History.

*The Living           (Zhyvi)
Serhiy Bukovsky
2008 . 75 min . France, Ukraine       U.S. Premiere
*
 Fed by four major rivers, the Ukraine is a land of fertile steppes that
used to be known as the Breadbasket of the Soviet Union. A Slavic culture
that was once the hub of Europe, 20th century Ukraine has been carved up and
dominated successively by Russians, Austro-Hungarians, and Soviets, all of
whom recognized its strategic value. When Stalin implemented forced
collectivization as part of his Five Year Plan to industrialize and
de-privatize the USSR, he ordered Communist officials in the Ukraine to
starve the resistant rural population. The resulting Holodomor was witnessed
by few outsiders; one of these, British journalist Gareth Jones, left behind
evidence in his personal diaries. While sharing entries of these piercing,
first-hand accounts, director Serhiy Bukovsky juxtaposes propaganda cinema
of the era showing a happy, productive peasant population against snippets
of testimony of Holodomor survivors. Children at the time, these witnesses'
scattered remembrances slowly fit together to complete a horrific chapter in
Soviet history, which cost the lives of 25,000 Ukrainians each day.

Saturday, November 14                6:30 pm, Program F17

Filmmaker in person

For all Mead programs enter at 77th Street between Central Park West and
Columbus Avenue

To Order Tickets:                                          By Phone:
212-769-5200                            Online: www.amnh.org/mead

On-site:  During Museum hours at the Advance Group Sales desk in the
Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda (Central Park West at 79th Street entrance), and
at the Rose Center for Earth and Space (81st Street entrance).

 Mention Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University to receive
Member price of $10!

 To view the festival's full schedule please visit www.amnh.org/mead.

 The 2009 Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival, the longest running showcase
for international documentaries in the United States, celebrates 33 years!

American Museum of Natural History

Central Park West at 79th Street

New York, New York 10024

www.amnh.org <http://www.amnh.org/>

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Dr. Yuri I. Shevchuk,

Lecturer of Ukrainian Language and Culture,

Department of Slavic Languages,

Director of the Ukrainian Film Club,

Columbia University,

715 Hamilton Hall,

1130 Amsterdam Ave., MC2839

New York, NY 10027

phone: 212-854-6137 (office)

fax: 212-854-5009

web site: www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc