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10 OUR LIFE • November 2024 Twin Cities PBS Station to Air Holodomor Documentary by UNWLA Member-at-Large ЗАХИЩАЄМО • ADVOCATE Film explores the impact of the Holodomor on Minnesota’s Ukrainian community In September 2024, TPT Public Television signed an agreement to air Holodomor: Minnesota Memories of Genocide in Ukraine , a documentary written and direct - ed by UNWLA Member-at-Large Zina Poletz Gutmanis and produced by three Ukrainian churches in Minneap- olis–St. Paul. The 30-minute film explores the transmission of mem- ories of genocide within families, community, and across generations. It also draws unavoidable parallels between the genocide of the 1930s and russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The genesis of the film was an oral history project con- ducted by Zina in 2019, consisting of interviews with Holo- domor survivors, and with children and grandchildren of survivors, in which they recounted their family stories of surviving dekulakization, dispossession, and starvation. Those oral histories are now part of the University of Minnesota’s digital archives, where they are accessible to scholars and students from around the world. “My goal with this film was to give a voice to Ukrainian American families that survived genocide, to make Sovi- et crimes more relatable to American audiences. I also wanted to explore how the Ukrainian diaspora then and now has advocated on behalf of Ukraine.” A leadership team with representation from St. Mi- chael’s & St. George’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church, St. Constantine’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, and St. Kath- erine Ukrainian Orthodox Church met regularly to co- ordinate communications and fundraising efforts. In all, more than 75 members of the local Ukrainian commu- nity participated in the making of the film: taking part in on-camera interviews, sharing information on back - The community held a private premiere in November 2023 at a local movie theater. With writer/director Zina Poletz Gutmanis (blue dress) are (l-r): Tamara Nieprytzki, Wanda Bahmet, Helen Chorolec, Halyna Myroniuk, Orysia Bobcek, and Taras Pidhayny. Graphic design for the film. ground, opening up their family photo albums for precious historical documents, making fi- nancial contributions, and much more. The film’s narration is provided by Zorianna Kit. Historian Bohdan Klid of the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium at CIUS at the University of Alberta and Halyna My - roniuk, retired librarian at the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota, reviewed the film for historical accuracy. Natalia Peterson composed and or - chestrated the original score, with additional music provided by Tetiana L. Riabokin and the Dnipro Ukrainian Chorus. Grant funding was provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society. If you would like to screen this film in your community or air it on your local PBS station, please contact Zina at zinapoletz@gmail.com. Watch the trailer at: https://vimeo.com/908718202
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