Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

Name: Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 2, 2022
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Andriy Zelinskyy, Anna Zaitseva, Dmytro 'Orest' Kozatskyi, Evgeniy Maloletka, Ilia Novikov

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Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

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| Release Date: December 2, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Andriy Zelinskyy, Anna Zaitseva, Dmytro 'Orest' Kozatskyi, Evgeniy Maloletka, Ilia Novikov, Katerina Overchenko, Nataliia Nagorna, Stanislav Stovban, Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Summary: The film depicts the horrible realities of this unprovoked war instigated by Vladimir Putin. It is an exploration of the courage of the Ukrainian people, fiercely determined to stand their ground until 'the last drop of blood'. Demonstrating an astounding ability to unite as a people and defend the sovereignty of their country, UkrainiansThe film depicts the horrible realities of this unprovoked war instigated by Vladimir Putin. It is an exploration of the courage of the Ukrainian people, fiercely determined to stand their ground until 'the last drop of blood'. Demonstrating an astounding ability to unite as a people and defend the sovereignty of their country, Ukrainians show compassion and resilience even when surrounded by death, destruction, and unfathomable war crimes. The film transports viewers through a war that started immediately after Maidan (Revolution of Dignity) in 2014 and continues through the 2022 Russian invasion. Through personal stories of civilians, children, soldiers, doctors, the country's elderly, journalists, religious leaders, and international volunteers, this is a humanizing diary of millions of people whose lives were turned upside down by eight years of conflict.… Expand

Director: Evgeny Afineevsky

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 114 min

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Steve Pond

Dec 14, 2022

The devastation caused by those Russian soldiers is on full display in “Freedom on Fire,” which can be hard to watch. But the film is less a catalogue of horrors than a tribute to the people who look for strength despite those horrors; it continually finds moments of grace, humanity and even beauty that seem almost unfathomable in these circumstances. Read full review

Robert Abele

Dec 14, 2022

With its mix of collected video, on-the-ground scenes in more than a dozen cities, interviews with Ukrainians (including some dissenting Russian voices), and media coverage, “Freedom on Fire” is a pulsating jumble of hearts and minds making do amid war and wreckage. Read full review

Jonathan Romney

Dec 14, 2022

Mixing often horrifying war footage with testimonies from a wide range of Ukrainians of varying ages, Freedom on Fire is an urgent, somewhat hectic, at times cluttered film – but that’s partly explained by the fact that Afineevsky has been able to assemble it so rapidly, only six months after the invasion began. Read full review

IndieWire Leila Latif

Dec 14, 2022

It’s a challenge to conclude a documentary on an ongoing and fast-evolving conflict. The news will continue to tally up the dead bodies and destroyed cities, from which the film refuses to allow us to distance our emotions. But where “Freedom on Fire” proves valuable isn’t in the brutality of the corpses but in the reminder that these are individual people being broken, and real families being torn apart. Read full review

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arostislavna

May 31, 2023

Propaganda.

The US couped Ukrkaine's democratically elected government, Poroschenko (alongside Zelensky) installed an ultranationalist, fascist government that sent soldiers & tanks to the south and east to murder civilians. That is a fact, do not claim to be the victim when you are thePropaganda.

The US couped Ukrkaine's democratically elected government, Poroschenko (alongside Zelensky) installed an ultranationalist, fascist government that sent soldiers & tanks to the south and east to murder civilians.

That is a fact, do not claim to be the victim when you are the perpetrator.… Expand

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