Ukraine Is Not a Brothel | |
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Directed by | Kitty Green |
Produced by | Jonathan auf der Heide Kitty Green Michael Latham |
Cinematography | Michael Latham |
Edited by | Kitty Green |
Music by | Zoe Barry Jed Palmer |
Production company | Noise & Light |
Release dates | 2013, september, 4 70th Venice International Film Festival |
Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | Australia |
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Ukraine Is Not a Brothel is a 2013 Australian film directed by Kitty Green. The film debuted (screening out of competition) at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.[1]
Synopsis
editThis documentary is a journey into the FEMEN (Фемен) movement, feminist protest group of Ukrainian origin.
Cast
edit- the 4 principal women of FEMEN (Фемен):
Plot
editThe film is a documentary on the activities of FEMEN, a Ukrainian feminist movement known for topless protests. The filmmaker Kitty Green followed the activists for a year, documenting the protests and the various complaints and arrests suffered, [2] therefore undertook, in four months, the interviews with the four activists who form the backbone of the film.[3]
The documentary reveals how to actually drive the group of FEMEN is a man, Viktor Svyatskiy, shown as a manipulator of all the protests and, in essence, commander of the females.[2][1][4]
The activists of FEMEN have participated in the promotion of the documentary, saying that the situation described, with the leadership of Viktor, is actually part of the past, because the man was kicked out of the movement in 2012[1][5]
Production
editThe documentary was filmed in Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey.[6]
Reception
editThe film was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival of Venice.[1] At the photocall of the festival activists presented themselves, as usual in their protests, topless[7]
Critical Reception
editAccording to the newspaper Libération, the documentary reveals the role of Viktor Sviatsky in organizing the feminist movement.[8].
See Also
edit- it:Femen - L'Ucraina non è in vendita
- fr:Ukraine is not a Brothel
- FEMEN#Ukrainian issues
- 70th Venice International Film Festival
- Security Service of Ukraine
- Prostitution in Europe#Ukraine
- Joseph Stalin#Ukrainian famine
- Ost-Arbeiter#Ukrainian
- War crimes of the Wehrmacht#Wehrmacht brothel system
- Prostitution in Turkey
- Chris Smith (New Jersey politician)
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Le Femen al Biografilm, è tutto cambiato". ANSA. 7 giugno 2014. Retrieved 8 giugno 2014.
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(help) - ^ a b Valeria Fraschetti (3 settembre 2013). "Femen: Se un uomo comanda le femministe. Ho inventato io la protesta in topless". la Repubblica. Retrieved 8 giugno 2014.
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(help) - ^ Valentina D'Amico (6 settembre 2013). "What is Femen?". Movieplayer.it. Retrieved 8 giugno 2014.
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(help) - ^ Giuseppe Marino (7 giugno 2014). "Femen - Ukraine Is Not a Brothel, al Biografilm il film di Kitty Green che racconta scena e retroscena del movimento di protesta neofemminista". BolognaCult. Retrieved 8 giugno 2014.
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(help) - ^ Milene Larsson (9 settembre 2013). "Le FEMEN non prendono ordini da un uomo". VICE. Retrieved 8 giugno 2014.
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- ^ "Venezia, protesta Femen in topless al photocall". La Stampa. 4 settembre 2013. Retrieved 8 giugno 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Viktor Sviatski, un manipulateur dans l'ombre des Femen". Retrieved 22 septembre 2013.
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External links
editList of Australian films of 2013 Category:Australian documentary films Category:Australian films