#20 days in mariupol

[wintvies]

“why can’t ukraine just give some land to russia?” 20 days in mariupol is on youtube! hope this helps. 😊

[artfilmfan]

20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov, 2023)

"An emotionally devastating account of the inhumanity of war."

"Documentary film-making rarely gets more impactful and devastating than this personalised account of life inside the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol at the start of last year’s Russian invasion."

[panimoonchild]

Love wins all in Ukraine and beyond

Even in the darkest time our people find a way to express their love, care and courage to each other. And our people like that Ukrainian descent man in France keep supporting and reminding of us everywhere. We see you. Respect you. Please keep spreading our voices and donate to our army (savelife.in.ua, prytulafoundation.org, Serhii Sternenko and ptahy.vidchui.org).

[xoheisse]

If you haven't watched the documentary 20 Days in Mariupol, I'll share some of the footage from it with you.

The doctors continued to work for weeks despite the fact that they lacked medicines, water and electricity.

Residents of the city had no food, water or electricity, and cooked on fires in the street.

This wasn't shown in the film, but people in Mariupol could eat animals, such as pigeons, because of the lack of food, and also shared 1 glass of water among a large number of people because there was no other water.

No one called on russia and no one wants to be with russia.

A mass grave.

russians shelled the maternity hospital.

russians shelled people and residential buildings with tanks.

[julibernardo]

Guess what? It appears that '20 days in Mariupol' winning Best Documentary was cut out from the international recordings that was send out to broadcasters. Ukrainian broadcaster noticed this and immediately filled a complaint about it, because isn't it funny that last year when fucking N.avalny won Best Documentary that nomination was included in the international recording.

Don't you just love the hypocrisy and double standards here? Don't you just love all these attempts to amplify r.ussian voices and make Ukrainians shut the fuck up about the genocide we're going through, caused by r.ussians. Don't you just want to go apeshit?

[folklorespring]

TW explosion sounds

July 27 is the Medical Workers Day in Ukraine.

"20 Days in Mariupol" (2023) dir. Mstyslav Chernov

[alcestas-sloboda]

basement of the last standing hospital in besieged Mariupol. "The child lived 23 days 20 hours" - says the sheet of paper laying on the little lifeless body of an infant.

Photo - still image from 20 days in Mariupol

[itsyveinthesky]

Since it has been 1000 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine I urge everyone again to watch "20 Days in Mariupol" it is freely available on Youtube.

The eyewitness documentary shot by war reporter Mstyslav Chernov during the Russian siege of the Ukrainian city won an oscar and is not only because of that well worth a watch.

Watch it for free here

[sporadicneckmoneyfan]

Маріуполь Mariupol

[dontforgetukraine]

A few months ago, I found the courage to watch the most important documentary ever: 20 Days in Mariupol. I thought I would be torn to pieces and cry. But it was worse. I was enveloped in emptiness. This led me to some difficult conclusions. I couldn't even express my emotions because it's hard to imagine a human reaction that could adequately respond to this horror. It's all just hard to believe. It all looks too grotesque, too cynical, too... horribly unbelievable. And I realized one of the reasons why so many people around the world do not believe in the atrocities that the Russians are committing in Ukraine. Because it's tough to believe. For a long time, even Ukrainians could not believe that Russians were that evil. This is a terrible joke. Ukrainians don't need to invent stories about scary Russians or make propaganda. In reality, everything is much scarier, and not every human imagination can imagine what Russians are capable of. Since the full-scale invasion, I have been writing about the crimes of the Russians. During this time, my emotions have been chafing against the stone of Russian atrocities. And I realize that many people will not believe me. And unfortunately, the problem is not only the powerful Russian propaganda. As I noted above, human consciousness refuses to accept that such massive crimes can occur in the real world. And only a part of the world, not the whole world, is trying to stop Russians. It is a terrible irony that while I was writing this painful thread, the Russians killed children in Kharkiv. Russia is a terrorist state. All Russians are guilty.

—@/ri_not_ri, Ukrainian volunteer at @/dzygaspaw

[perishrad]

Exactly 2 years ago, Russians dropped a bomb on the Mariupol Drama Theater, where civilians were hiding from shelling.

an inscription on the ground, "children" is written. In Russian.

March 16 marks the anniversary of one of the largest terrorist attacks carried out by Russians in Ukraine. On this day, the occupiers dropped two powerful bombs on the building of the Mariupol Drama Theater, where about a thousand people were hiding.

Immediately after the attack, the Mariupol City Council reported about 300 civilians killed. Later, The Associated Press in its investigation put the number at 600.

But untill now, the exact number of victims of this terrorist attack is still unknown.

All evidence was destroyed by Russian monsters after the occupation of the city, but we will not forget.

"The world must remember everything that Russia has done against Ukraine and Ukrainians, and every Russian murderer must be held accountable for what they have done. We will ensure that they are held accountable," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

[maaarine]

20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov, 2023)

[yellowtomb]

Today is an important and dark date for any ukrainian. 10 years this day first russian armed forces units crossed the ukrainian border at the Kerch Bridge and the annexation of Crimea started.

In 4 days there would be another anniversary - 2 years since full-scale war with russia. I haven't posted a lot about war and in general here. Tumblr just doesn't feels right, I rarely go here to watch couple of aesthetic posts, but it does not make any sense now. And yet 10 years of war passed today. And I still see so much uneducated takes on this conflict. People around the world, left-leaning and radical left around the globe still think of this as a local proxy war of "american imperialism" and "russian anti-imperialism". You are right about america agenda, you may say the have geopolitical interests in this conflict and not just pure intentions or altruism. Thats not debatable. I would debate that so mane people don't even realise the level of atrocities committed by russians. Many still believe that images of Bucha are staged. Many still believe ukrainian forces destroyed Donbas in the last ten years. What a farce to read those takes for us, people of ukraine, for me personally, as I spent my first three days of russian invasion in the city of Kyiv, in my home (Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel are the suburbs of Kyiv).

This year ukrainian filmmakers compiled two important documentary films about those atrcities, committed by russians. One of them just earned two prizes on Berlin International Film Festival. And will run for Best Documentary nomination at this years Oscars.

Oscars mean nothing of course, its not a merit of truth. The merrit of truth are those films themselves. The documentary material they present. Award run is just an opportunity for more people outside of Ukraine to see those films. And I beg you to see it. I will tell about them in the next post. Its damn time for world to see this, for those blinded by russian propaganda especially. Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka. From the exhumation of mass graves in Kharkiv region. Dozens of civilian ukrainians killed by russian forces in 2022.

[panimoonchild]

Don't forget about Ukraine

The world, don't forget that in Ukraine it's even more cities like Mariupol have been mercilessly wiped off by Russia. Extremely horrific war crimes keep registering. Death toll can't be calculated now. We urgently need your support. Please keep spreading our voices and donate to our army and combat medics (savelife.in.ua, prytulafoundation.org, Serhii Sternenko, hospitallers.life, ptahy.vidchui.org and u24.gov.ua).

[dweemeister]

Instant reactions to the 96th Academy Awards

A rough night for me. But there have been rougher ones before. I imagine most of my comments put me in a very lonely minority, as has been apparent the last few months.

But here goes:

For all intents and purposes, yours truly was on the Killers of the Flower Moon train. An extraordinary crime epic from Scorsese, with astounding craftsmanship and fantastic performance from Lily Gladstone. More than what I previously believed possible, a major studio production went out of its way to make sure that its Indigenous American representation on-screen was as genuine as it could possibly be (still imperfect, as the film acknowledges, but what an effort). And yet, KOTFM goes 0/10. I've never had a favored Best Picture nominee be shut out in such a way before. And I'm not surprised at all by it. It was clear that non-American and non-Canadian audiences didn't get the context to the film (a criticism I understand, given the screenplay) and, in other quarters, folks thought it was too long (I admittedly have a higher tolerance for longer movies) and others have said something akin to the fact that they are getting tired over "racial guilt" movies from America. I'm not in the mood to respond to the last one. I think it deserved better tonight. I particularly think Lily Gladstone deserved better tonight.

Stat upheld: two non-white actresses have never won on the same night in Oscar history. History, in and of itself, was always against Gladstone.

Oppenheimer winning? Fine, I guess. It was my #4 choice of the ten Best Picture nominees. I guess Christopher Nolan was overdue, but I have always been a Nolan skeptic. The film certainly is his most humanistic, and I appreciate that. As for the narrative organization and editing trickery? It mostly serves to take me out of the movie. And I don't think Nolan truly understands what thematic film music can accomplish for his movies. I think RDJ should have had much more competition all season long, but he did not. Most people are gonna say this is the return of the Academy's favorite subgenre... the Great Man Biopic. But in composition and structure, Oppenheimer (and even Maestro) resembles very little of the past Great Man Biopics. It'll be interesting to see how history treats this movie.

I disliked Poor Things. I didn't care for its sense of humor, didn't agree with many folks' opinions that it was a magnum opus of female empowerment. I thought it was incredibly male gaze-y and troublingly sanitized its scenes of sex work. Jerskin Fendrix's score was unlistenable outside the context of the film and distracting within it. But it has four Academy Awards and people love this movie, so my opinion can go to heck?

Well done Da'Vine Joy Randolph for her win as Supporting Actress for The Holdovers. I truly hope this opens up a lot more new opportunities for her going for! Wonderful speech.

And speaking of wonderful speeches, both documentary winners got me very emotional. The Last Repair Shop is on YouTube for American and Canadian viewers, and it's simply wonderful. Perhaps the happiest I was all night long! And then came Mstyslav Chernov's speech after winning for 20 Days in Mariupol. Chernov had, arguably, the speech of the night. And I agree with him. I, too, wish he never had to make his film and that he never won this Oscar. But he did his job to document what happened in Mariupol. And for that he (and the Ukrainians suffering and dying in their war versus Russia) deserves our plaudits and support.

Once more, Hayao Miyazaki cannot be bothered to show up to an awards ceremony. It's hilarious! I would have voted Robot Dreams, but The Boy and the Heron is not a winner to sniff at. Spider-Verse will have one more shot.... whenever the third movie comes out?

Good lord, they selected the worst possible winner in Animated Short with War Is Over!. There's an unwritten rule that the Academy, among the fifteen nominated shorts, must select one which will piss me the hell off. And for the second straight year in Animated Short, they have done exactly that, choosing something akin to a soft drink commercial.

Billie Eilish and Finneas are now the youngest and second-youngest ever to win two Oscars, after Luise Rainer (Best Actress for 1936's The Great Ziegfeld and 1937's The Good Earth). That feels very, very weird. In both cases of this record.

The "I'm Just Ken" performance? Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Like Ken)??? Busby Berkeley choreography? What do the kids say? Inject that straight into my veins? It was wonderful.

And speaking of nods to cinema history, I'm so glad they led off the stunt performers tribute with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. :,)

And congratulations to Godzilla Minus One and its Best Visual Effects win! After seventy years, Godzilla is now an Oscar-winning franchise, and its win percentage is 100%! Simply wonderful!

I think the moral of the story is that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has been gradually internationalizing over the last decade. And the results of that were very clear tonight. Does that mean I'm too provincial in my tastes? I don't know. But wins such as Emma Stone's, Anatomy of a Fall, The Boy and the Heron, and Godzilla are demonstrative of that.

I'm glad this season is over. I certainly hope that Killers of the Flower Moon will be looked upon more kindly by history and time, without the bells and whistles of awards campaigning and a fuller understanding of why it was made the way it was.

This month has been fun! But now it's time to see movies again without the lens of awards for a long, long while.

[thegayhimbo]

For those looking to donate to help Ukraine, here is a list of highly recommended Charities/Organizations:

I also recommend Save Ukraine. They work to rescue Ukrainian children who have been kidnapped and deported to Russia since the start of the war. This video, Stealing Ukraine's Children: Inside Russia's Camps, gives more insight into that particular situation:

On a final note, U.S. Congress needs to pass the $60 billion in aid to Ukraine. Shame on Republicans for holding this up! That is unacceptable and reprehensible on so many levels.