The Museum of Civilian Voices of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation held a panel discussion in the framework of the DC/DOX Documentary Film Festival in Washington, DC. The list of participants included independent filmmakers, producers, representatives of the State Department, and the media.
The discussion focused on the role of filing and compiling a catalogue of civilian experience in maintaining the cultural identity. The participants also discussed how the collected video materials, such as those on display at the Museum, could help in countering disinformation and ensure transparency during the war.
The discussion was opened by Sky Sitney, the co-founder of DC/DOX, and Yuriy Svyrydov, a representative of the Museum. The Museum’s ambassador, TV presenter, and actor Oleksiy Sukhanov joined the opening in the video format.
The speakers at the event were:
- Yulian Ulybin, film director and co-producer of the documentary Dram about the shelter of the Drama Theatre in Mariupol, produced together with the Museum
- Volodymyr Yatsenko, producer and co-founder of the Ukrainian film company ForeFilms, which released the films Wild Field, Atlantis, Going Home, and Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Joseph Dresen, a senior program associate at the Woodrow Wilson Centre’s Kennan Institute
- Anna Zaitseva, the hero of one of the Museum’s stories: the wife of a POW and Azov soldier who spent 65 days in the Azovstal bomb shelter with her small child.
The moderator of the discussion was Indira Lakshmanan, The Associated Press global corporate editor, who helped in creating the Pulitzer Prize-winning footage featured in the film Twenty Days in Mariupol, which was included in the event’s program.
For the coming weeks, the Museum has planned to meet with producers, representatives of film studios and filmmakers, and continue cooperation with the international community.
The Museum of Civilian Voices of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation is the world’s largest archive of stories from Ukrainian civilians who suffered from the war. The Museum’s collection now has more than 70,000 stories.
To preserve the memory for a better future, tell your story on the Museum’s portal or via the toll-free hotline (800) 509 001.
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