
So They Won't Say We Don't Remember
The short film is based on events surrounding a 1977 mining accident in the Donbas region that ultimately led to the mine’s closure.In the film, locals, artists, and curators traverse the surface, paralleling one of the underground routes of the Novator mine.The procession ends at the monument to the dead miners, which is located just above the site of the underground accident that led to the death of the workers.
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- Craft · Drama · Tension
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The short film is based on events surrounding a 1977 mining accident in the Donbas region that ultimately led to the mine’s closure. In the film, locals, artists, and curators traverse the surface, paralleling one of the underground routes of the Novator mine. The procession ends at the monument to the dead miners, which is located just above the site of the underground accident that led to the death of the workers. Participants walk across the postindustrial landscape of Donbas, over the plowed fields, by bushes and courtyards, connecting the ground and the underground spaces through the choreography of their bodies.
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- Release date
- Mar 1, 2021
- Runtime
- 0h 24m
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- Language
- No Language
- Country
- Ukraine
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