My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

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  • 2001
  • 0 hr 52 min
  •  4  (3)
  •   Released

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.

My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities by barbarahammer.com

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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.
  • Release Date
    2001
  • Runtime
    0 hr 52 min
  • Language
    en
  • Rating
    4  (3)