Still from Displaced. A main railway station in Kyiv, Ukraine during the first days of war. A crowd of people, who are attempting to get on an overcrowded train and evacuate the city, fills the photo. A man in profile to the camera extending his arm can be seen in the middle.
Songs of Slow Burning Earth
Still from Displaced
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Directed by

Olha Zhurba

Produced by

Darya Bassel

The film depicts the mass tragedy of people who came face to face with a large-scale war. Events unfold in different parts of Ukraine from the first days of the war and up to the present day. It captures a collective portrait of Ukrainians fleeing the grindstones of war, and those who stayed and are forced to adapt to life under constant shelling.

Songs of Slow Burning Earth (previously Displaced) is a 2022 Critical Issues Fund grantee.

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