My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities (2001)
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.
Director: Barbara Hammer
http://barbarahammer.com/films/my-babushka-searching-ukrainian-identities/
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Barbara Hammer as Self |
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Vera Berdashevich as Self |
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Vadim Bezprozvany as Self |
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Greesha Felanovsky as Self |
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Alexander Ficinko as Self |
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Natalia Filonenko as Self |
| Directing | Barbara Hammer | Director |
| Production | Barbara Hammer | Producer |
| Editing | Barbara Hammer | Editor |
| Camera | Barbara Hammer | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Nelia Pasichnyk | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Alice Perry | Camera Operator |
