Activity Type:
Film
Date:
Friday, November 4, 2011 - 18:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
FATHER RYAN ARTS CENTER (few minutes drive from downtown Pittsburgh) on 420 Chartiers Ave in McKees Rocks
Contact Email:
http://www.ucowpa.org/
Event Web Site:
Cost:
Admission: $10 or Festival Pass (includes an after-screening reception). You can buy tickets at the door or purchase them in advance at: http://ucowpa.org/http%3A/%252Fucowpa.org/tickets
Friday, November 4, 2011 at 6 PM: Pittsburgh Premier BEREZA KARTUZKA by a multi award-winning filmmaker Yurij Luhovy followed by a reception sponsored by the Pierogies Plus.
Award-winning documentary tells the story of the infamous Polish concentration camp in which thousands of Ukrainian patriots were imprisoned between 1934 and 1939.
The film examines the political situation in the Western Ukrainian territories under Polish occupation between the First and Second World Wars. Events are portrayed through rare archival footage, historical photographs and commentaries by prominent historians and scholars.
UCIS Unit:
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
Ukrainian Community of Western PA
World Regions:
Russia/Eastern Europe