Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
The Next Generation Of Revolution
The Next Generation Of Revolution
Documentary
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2015
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A documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.
Details
Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
98 min
Release date:
9 Oct 2015
Country:
GB, US, UA
Languages:
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Plays out like a harrowingly bloody, real-life "Les Miserables."
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
11 Feb 2016
fresh:
Being able to bear witness firsthand to this three-month struggle is an incredible privilege, albeit a heartbreaking one.
– Tricia Olszewski,
TheWrap,
14 Oct 2015
fresh:
Though the film is limited by a point of view that's too polemically reductive, the idealistic, difficult, sometimes lethal struggles it covers are undeniably revelatory and moving.
– Godfrey Cheshire,
RogerEbert.com,
9 Oct 2015
fresh:
"Winter on Fire" never takes its eye off the story's underlying and very dramatic theme, and that would be nothing less than revolution.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct 2015
fresh:
Modern technology may not yet be able to capture the smell of gunpowder and tear gas, but Mr. Afineevsky takes the viewer closer to the action than might have seemed possible.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
8 Oct 2015