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.
Cast
Katya Soldak
Self - Journalist
Timothy Snyder
Self - Historian
Serhiy Zhadan
Self - Writer
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Eric Potapov
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Viktor Yushchenko
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Viktor Yanukovych
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Yulia Tymoshenko
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Petro Poroshenko
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Crew
Katya Soldak
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Executive Producer
Olga Lvoff
Editor, Co-Producer, Additional Camera
Denis Chernobayev
Assistant Editor
Olivia Garzon
Assistant Editor
Olexander Yanovsky
Director of Photography
Leandro Badalotti
Colorist
Illia Gladshtein
Producer
Karsten Strauss
Additional Camera, Additional Writing
Martina Starosta
Additional Camera
Alexandra Lerman
Additional Camera, Creative Consultant
Grace Klein
Post Production Consulting
Ethan Friedman
Animation
Andrii Borisenko
Sound Mixer
Sasha Gusev
Original Music Composer
Erick Maierson
Story Consultant
Max Petrov
Archival Footage Research
Andrii Gunnishev
Archival Footage Research
Polina Baitsym
Archival Footage Research
Makiko Kitamura
Production Manager
Craig Lowy
Title Designer
Maxim Petrov
Additional Editor
Victor Ilyukhin
Additional Editor
Darya Zhuk
Additional Editor
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