The Long Breakup (2020)

6 | Oct 24, 2020 (UA) | Documentary, History | 01:26

https://www.thelongbreakupfilm.com

new york city family relationships female journalist russian history geopolitics orange revolution (ukraine) mother daughter relationship donbass war soviet union history ukrainian revolution ukrainian politics ukrainian history maidan revolution (ukraine) kharkiv (kharkov), ukraine

Ukrainian journalist Katya Soldak, currently living in New York City and working for Forbes magazine, chronicles Ukraine's history: its strong ties to Russia for centuries; how it broke away from the USSR and began to walk alone; the Orange Revolution, the Maidan Revolution, the Crimea annexation, the Donbass War; all through the eyes of her family and friends settled in Kharkiv, a large Ukrainian city located just eighteen miles from the Russian border.

Featured Crew

Katya Soldak

Director of Photography, Writer, Executive Producer, Director

Darya Zhuk

Additional Editor

Leandro Badalotti

Colorist

Makiko Kitamura

Production Manager

Andrii Borisenko

Sound Mixer

Alexandra Lerman

Creative Consultant, Additional Camera

Olexander Yanovsky

Director of Photography

Olga Lvoff

Co-Producer, Additional Camera, Editor

Victor Ilyukhin

Additional Editor

Ethan Friedman

Animation

Cast

Katya Soldak

Self - Journalist

Timothy Snyder

Self - Historian

Serhiy Zhadan

Self - Writer