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My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities (2001)

0h 53m | PG-13

⭐ 1 / 10

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

Studio: Barbara Hammer Productions

Genre: History, Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer

as Self

Vera Berdashevich

Vera Berdashevich

as Self

Vadim Bezprozvany

Vadim Bezprozvany

as Self

Greesha Felanovsky

Greesha Felanovsky

as Self

Alexander Ficinko

Alexander Ficinko

as Self

Natalia Filonenko

Natalia Filonenko

as Self