"Watching Chernov’s film is a humanitarian duty." - Tomris Laffly, Harper's Bazaar
"A harrowing miracle of a film." - Nick Allen, rogerebert.com
“What comes through most vividly, other than the human tragedy on display, is the vital importance of war correspondents and the courage and ingenuity they must possess in order to work under such life-threatening conditions.” - Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Tuesday, February 25, 6:00 p.m. | War correspondent and photojournalist Mstyslav Chernov compiled footage collected with the teams from PBS’s Frontline and the Associated Press to tell the story of the 20 days spent in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol during the first weeks of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Content consideration: includes footage of war and loss of life.
Awards & Nominations
Winner - Best Documentary, Academy Awards
Winner - World Cinema Audience Award, Documentary, Sundance Film Festival
WInner - Cinema For Peace Most Valuable Documentary of the Year Award
Shadows of War Lecture Series: This series will examine the impact of war on the human psyche and feature films that tell stories of divided families, friends and lovers, human resilience and solidarity when confronting oppression, resistance to occupation, and ultimately unity in the face of tragedy. Presented in collaboration with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Art History, Theory, and Criticism department. Lecturer: Nora Annesley Taylor, Alsdorf Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art. Synopses by Annesley Taylor. Read more
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu