CinemaOSMovie · 2001 · 0h 53m · NR

My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

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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.

Directed byBarbara Hammer

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Released
Runtime
0h 53m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 2001
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Barbara Hammer Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited
Starring
Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer

Self

Vera Berdashevich

Self

Vadim Bezprozvany

Self

Greesha Felanovsky

Self

Alexander Ficinko

Self

Natalia Filonenko

Self

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Directed by
Barbara Hammer
Barbara Hammer
Produced by
Barbara Hammer
Barbara Hammer

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