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30 OUR LIFE • June 2022 Director Andrea Odezynska’s new feature-length en - vironmental documentary, Return Sasyk to the Sea , spotlights the destructive legacy Ukraine inherited as a former member of the Soviet Union. The Soviet obses - sion with beating the U.S. in every way possible includ - ed boosting agriculture, and Ukraine was their pawn in this deadly game. The film tells the story of bizarre Soviet irrigation ex - periments in Ukraine that created a slow eco-disaster, which continues today. Construction of the irrigation project began in 1972. The goal was to boost agriculture in Southwestern Ukraine by rerouting Ukraine’s major rivers and converting all salt-water estuaries into fresh - water reservoirs. The Sasyk Estuary was the first to be converted to a freshwater reservoir. Today, the Sasyk Estuary, by the Black Sea, is ground zero for a battle pitting eco activists against poachers, bureaucrats, and corrupt officials. A March “sneak peek” screening of the film at the Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival in Sarasota, FL, raised money for the United Nations Wom - en’s Fund, which is currently sending over $900,000 to help Ukrainian women refugees and their children as they flee Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “In light of the latest brutal invasion of Ukraine,” says Andrea, “the sto - ry of the Sasyk Estuary is a metaphor for the history of Ukraine itself.” UNWLA Member Debuts New Feature Film: RETURN SASYK TO THE SEA Window in Cossack tomb. Window in Cossack tomb. Abandoned wagon. Abandoned wagon. Abandoned boat. Abandoned boat. All photos: Andrea Odezynska
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