What We Shared

1h 9m
Documentary
2

By recreating personal stories though testimony, poetry and archival material, the artist and performers explore deep traumas that no single place or language can contain. Abkhazia, the disputed state on the Black Sea – once an opulent Soviet holiday resort with a multi-ethnic population – became a symbolic ghost town following the 1992-93 war with Georgia. Here, fragmented memories and dreams destroyed by violence and exile are exhumed through interpretive re-enactment and haunting sound.

Cast

Manana Bigvava
Performer
Leena Makoff
Narrator (voice)
Sonia White
Performer
Oleg Koryavov
Performer
Sergey Arutiunov
Performer

Crew

Kamila Kuc
Director, Editor, Producer
James Tonkin
Colorist
James Norton
Assistant Director
Katie McGowan
Executive Producer
Reed O'Beirne
Co-Producer, Additional Editor
Asida Butba
Co-Producer
Mark Ashworth
Sound Designer
Nina Zabicka
Visual Effects Editor, Additional Editor
Timothy Nelson
Music
Thomas de Waal
Story Consultant
David Drakard
Technical Advisor
Vika Kapikyan
Location Manager

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