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20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
September 15, 2023 - September 24, 2023
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February 2022: As Russian troops advance on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, a small crew of Associated Press reporters are trapped amongst the besieged civilian population. 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL — winner of the 2023 Sundance Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary — is the unflinching visual chronicle of this harrowing ordeal. Ukrainian war correspondent Mstyslav Chernov (he directs, shoots, and narrates) and colleagues are the only international correspondents left in the city, witnesses to the first sighting of a “Z” on a Russian tank (a declaration of war), random shelling, the bombing of a maternity hospital, the digging of mass graves, and Russia’s eventual encirclement of the city. Their images of war crimes would soon go viral, potently exposing Russia’s monstrous lies that deny their targeting of Ukrainian civilians, and earning the AP team two 2023 Pulitzer Prizes: for Public Service Journalism and Breaking News Photography. (95 min)
presented with the support of the IU DEPARTMENT OF SLAVIC & EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGES and the IU RUSSIAN & EAST EUROPEAN INSTITUTE
A miraculous feat! – Harper’s Bazaar
Pulsating… enthralling…an unflinching look at the true price of Russia’s war on Ukraine. – indieWIRE
An incredible, and haunting viewing experience…To call 20 Days in Mariupol one of the most important movies of Sundance is to undersell it. – Nick Allen, Roger Ebert
WINNER – Audience Award, World Cinema Documentary – Sundance Film Festival 2023
WINNER – Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year
CRITIC’S PICK! – The New York Times