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Film Screening: Intercepted (2024)

Feb 27, 2025   5:30 pm  
Room 66, Main Library (1408 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801)
Film Screening
Sponsor
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center; Ukrainian Students Association; Slavic Reference Service; Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
Cost
Free and open to the public.
Contact
REEEC
E-Mail
reec@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Russian, E. European & Eurasian Center: Films

Intercepted / a film by Oksana Karpovych

Synopsis: Ukrainian intelligence services have intercepted thousands of phone calls Russian soldiers made from the battlefield in Ukraine to their families and friends in Russia, painting a stark picture of the cruelty of war in a dizzying emotional tension. Juxtaposed with images of the destruction caused by the invasion and the day-to-day life of the Ukrainian people who resist and rebuild, the voices of the Russian soldiers—ranging from being filled with heroic illusions to complete disappointment and loss of reason, from looting to committing more horrible war crimes, from propaganda to doubt and disillusionment—expose the whole scope of the dehumanizing power of war and imperialist nature of the Russian aggression.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Markian Dobczansky (Associate Director, REEEC) and Olha Khometa (Assistant Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures). 

2024 / 93 minutes / Documentary / Canada, France, Ukraine / Color / In Russian and Ukrainian with English subtitles

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