My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

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.

Genre:

History , Documentary

Duration:

53 min

Actor:

Barbara Hammer , Vera Berdashevich , Vadim Bezprozvany

Quality:

HD

Director:

Barbara Hammer

Release:

2001

Country:

United States of America

IMDb:

5.5