Mon 18 Jan
Llun 18 Ion

Ukraine/2008/tbc mins/ctba. Dir: Sergiy Bukovsky. Narrated by Viktor Yushchenko.

Ukraine failed to win its independence after the end of World War I and the results of that loss became clear at the end of the 1920s when Ukrainians found themselves face to face with the Bolshevist Empire. Farmers were left in the grip of hunger or were forced into ‘an obedient army of slaves’.

This poignant documentary tells the story of the survivors. One of the narrators, Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine, tells of the 1933 Holodomor famine; while the diaries and reporting of Welsh journalist, Gareth Jones, act as a guide in this tragic journey through Ukrainian history.

The Minister for Heritage, Alun Ffred Jones, joins us for this special screening to mark the contribution made by Gareth Jones.