Close relations (Rodnye) / Vertov, Baltic Film Production, 435 Films, Saxonia Entertainment, Ego Media present a film by Vitaly Mansky ; written and directed by Vitaly Mansky.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Manskiĭ, Vitaliĭ, 1963- film director, screenwriter.

Kimelis, Pēteris, editor of moving image work.

Ikere, Gunta, editor of moving image work.

Ivanova, Alexandra, director of photography.

Kallaste, Harmo, composer.

Vertov (Firm), production company.

Icarus Films, film distributor.

Standardized Title:

Rodnye (Motion picture)

Language:

English

Russian

Ukrainian

Subjects (All):

Group identity--Political aspects--Ukraine.

Group identity.

Ukraine--History--Revolution of Dignity, 2013-2014.

Ukraine.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (1 hr. 54 min.) : digital, sound, color

Distribution:

[Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films

Place of Publication:

[Amsterdam, Netherlands] : Vertov, [2016]

Language Note:

In Russian and Ukrainian with English subtitles.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Following Ukraine's revolution in 2013, filmmaker Vitaly Mansky decides to travel throughout the region and visit his family. He talks on camera with family members in Ukraine, Crimea and Donetsk, hoping to gain a better understanding of the influence of the many political events on local people. Mansky takes the viewer along on a journey from May 2014 to May 2015. He gets all his family members - mother, grandfather and aunts - to speak out about the situation there. They discuss complex questions, like how important is it where you live or who you want to live with. All the while, global news events are playing out, such as the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. In Close Relations, Mansky's personal journey reveals how the difficult relationship between Russia and Ukraine is also causing friction between his aunts. The longer Mansky travels around, the more tightly interwoven with political events his family's history becomes - and, inevitably, the more it starts to affect him.

Credits:

Camera, Alexandra Ivanova ; editing, Pēteris Kimelis, Gunta Ikere ; composer, Harmo Kallaste.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from Docuseek2 website (viewed April 25, 2022).

Publisher Number:

if-rodnye Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.