My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities (2001)

01/01/2001 (US) • 53m

History, Documentary

Overview

This video documentary centers on the questions of civil liberties and cultural differences in a society beginning to open as one woman searches for her own ethnic roots, identity and family history in Ukraine. Issues of human rights, anti-Semitism, homophobia, feminism and a divided and economically-depressed country are encountered as Barbara Hammer, a feminist activist and pioneer of lesbian cinema, return to a “homeland” full of struggling as people search for a new post-glasnost identity.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

grandparent grandchild relationship

feminism

grandmother

woman director

ukrainian village

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