The Way of Generations

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The film is about the centuries-long struggle of the Ukrainian people for freedom. Сreated, produced, and co-written by Mykhailo Ukhman, a war journalist, writer, and volunteer. In this film, Ukhman focuses on the struggle fought by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in World War Two and the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russian invaders today. The idea of the film came about in 2018 when Mykhailo met Hanna Abramovych-Zelena, former liaison officer for the legendary UIA (North) commander Klym Savur, during a visit to the region of Volyn. Abramovych-Zelena, now 93, shared how she was on a special assignment for the UIA when her neighbor turned her to the Russian secret police. Abramovych-Zelena, 16 at the time, was tortured, gang-raped, and sent to the GULAG. Another film character whose real-life experience inspired the film is UIA soldier Stepan Petrash who survived decades of Soviet camps after being captured by the Russians. Petrash shared how the UIA had fought against German and Soviet invaders.

Cut to the current all-out Russian war on Ukraine when Ukrainians, yet again, are faced with their mortal enemy in a war for their very survival. A young Ukrainian man, Nazar, whose ancestors fought in the UIA, decides this is not his war to fight and stays home while others go to the front. While hiking in the forest, Nazar ends up camping overnight near the grave of a murdered UIA fighter; the fighter visits Nazar in his dream and confronts him about his decision to not fight in defense of his country. Nazar realizes that if the Russians are not thrown out of Ukraine his yet-unborn child will have no future. Nazar quits his job, leaves his pregnant girlfriend, and heads to the war.


We draw your attention to the fact that the Ukrainian version of this film is adapted for people with visual impairments and people with hearing impairments (use of these special features is carried out through mobile applications Earcatch, Subcatch).