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Special Screening of a Series of Ukrainian Documentaries: “Defending Identity, Culture, and Freedom”
October 14, 2023 @ 11:00 - 15:00
As part of the Babylon Villeneuve project, we are delighted to invite you to a special screening of the documentary series “Defending Identity, Culture, and Freedom” at Cinéma Studio 28 in Paris’s 18th arrondissement!
This documentary anthology, produced by the renowned Ukrainian collective Babylon’13, offers a fresh perspective on Ukrainian society during wartime.
For centuries, Russia has used its art as a soft power tool to spread propaganda and enhance the image of a country that acts as a true terrorist state. For decades, Russia and the Soviet Union systematically persecuted Ukrainian culture, language, and intelligentsia for colonial purposes, brutally repressing Ukrainian poets, artists, and musicians. Their goal has always been to deprive Ukrainians of their identity, language, and freedom, while imposing the idea that Ukrainian culture is merely a provincial offshoot of the so-called “great Russian culture.”
While Russia continues to destroy Ukrainian cities classified as UNESCO World Heritage sites with strategic bomber strikes, it still wields culture as a tool of propaganda and manipulation. Through the arts, Russia attempts to whitewash its international image, concealing the reality of a state pursuing imperialist ambitions at the expense of the identities and freedoms of the peoples it oppresses.
Babylon’13 deconstructs the myth that Russian civilization and its philosophy are grounded in humanism. On the contrary, they expose how it is based on the manipulation of a crumbling empire where human life is sacrificed without remorse. The documentary also shows how, in the midst of war, Ukrainians are fighting not only for their physical survival but also to protect and defend their identity and cultural values.
📅 October 14, 2023 – 11:00 AM
📍 Cinéma Studio 28, 10 Rue Tholozé, 75018 Paris
🎟 Tickets available at: https://billets.babylon-villeneuve.fr
🎞 Film screening followed by a discussion
🖼 Charity exhibition and auction of contemporary Ukrainian illustrations
💙 All proceeds from the screening will go towards purchasing equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Join us in supporting Ukraine! 🇺🇦
