Tuesday, February 20 2024, 6pm Caldwell Hall 107 Academic Calendar Film The UGA Russian Program will be hosting a screening of Andrey Loshak’s award-winning documentary film Broken Ties. The film (with English subtitles) will be shown 6-8pm on February 20, 2024, in Caldwell Hall 107. The film is available on YouTube for those who cannot attend the screening. About the documentary Filmed over a three-month period, “Broken Ties” follows seven Russian families as their relationships deteriorate in the months following the invasion. Among the subjects followed are: Renata, a pediatrician struggling to come to terms with her guilt over Russia’s involvement in the war, and her mother, Vinera, a fiercely patriotic schoolteacher; and Ekaterina and Artem, a Russian couple so deeply divided on the war that they may divorce. Loshak also interviews Vika, a survivor of Russia’s bombing of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and her brother, Yakov, who dismisses Vika’s perspective on the war. As ideologies clash, communication becomes strained, and relationships begin to deteriorate. In time, any hope of finding common ground, understanding or reconciliation begins to vanish.
