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Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)

GENRESDocumentary
LANGUkrainian,Russian,English
ACTOR
Bishop AgapitCatherine AshtonSerhii AverchenkoKristina Berdinskikh
DIRECTOR
Evgeny Afineevsky

SYNOPSICS

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015) is a Ukrainian,Russian,English movie. Evgeny Afineevsky has directed this movie. Bishop Agapit,Catherine Ashton,Serhii Averchenko,Kristina Berdinskikh are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2015. Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015) is considered one of the best Documentary movie in India and around the world.

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.

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015) Reviews

  • Creation of awareness

    imishchenko-465232015-09-15

    I'm a Ukrainian. After watching the trailer I got goose bumps. Whatever was going on in Ukraine and things that are still happening, turned all the people very patriotic, people could see the beauty of our country, they could see how unique it is. I guess this movie means a lot for all of us. We want to stop the war in our country, so we want to create the awareness among individuals from other countries. I recommend you to watch it, so you could see what's happening on your own. In the modern world, it is so easy to manipulate people using media, so I guess this is a great opportunity for everyone to decide what he or she thinks about it, not what society does. Revolution is basically a war with society. Its aim is change for better. Many Ukrainians passed away as they wanted to bring a change. Ukrainians have not reached their aim yet, but this movie can help us to take an enormous step towards it.

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  • Great footage, though one-sided

    mar-hee2015-10-22

    A very interesting documentary, great footage with inspiring people fighting for a cause they believe in. The viewer is presented to an idealistic, but informative account of the uprising in Kiev, Ukraine. We follow the events through Euromaidan, following demonstrators in their revolt against Yanukovych. We also get a glimpse of the different types of protesters, their Ukrainian nationalism and pro-European sentiment. This, along with the documentary's footage, is what makes "Winter on Fire" great. Even though I would recommend this documentary, it's important to note that the documentary is very biased. We hear almost nothing about what's going on in the Ukrainian Parliament, it leaves out facts and generally paints a very one-sided picture. Either way, watch it.

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  • A must see documentary!

    ssound77-164-7076792015-10-12

    This is a must see documentary, even if you have opposing views to those displayed in it. Although many holes are left in deciphering what is really going on within Ukraine and between Russia and Ukraine, it does allow you to get one step closer to understanding. I thought it was near perfect! I am an American living in Kiev for a few months and have been wanting to learn more about this incredible country and the trouble it has been and is facing. I found this review very informative and patriotic. It was helpful in understanding the people and the current situation and I even gained some Ukrainian pride myself!

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  • A biased documentary.

    bmg_dk2015-10-19

    First of, English is not my main language, and my grammar may be off. You have bin warned. When i first saw the trailer for the documentary, i was all hooked. I watched many hours of the live-streams from ukrstream, during the protests/riots, so i was really looking forward to this documentary. That being said, I was very disappointed with it. I am not a supporter of the way the police/state handled it, and how they killed a lot of innocent people during the periods. But, this documentary doesn't show you the police that gets set on fire with molotovs, and beaten to death too. It doesn't show that time when the protesters, blocked in 100 policemen in an office building, and they almost got burned in. We only hear about how the protesters took all the beating, and don't get me wrong, the police was way to aggressive, and had what was coming to them The documentary tells about the protesters that gets abducted, but never what happened to them. Not a documentary i would recommend to anyone, they should go watch the videos of the riots on youtube, or ukrstream, since they are still available, and gives a less biased view.

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  • "Winter on Fire" is beautifully crafted, deeply involving, with great music and true story.

    smoothrunner2016-01-14

    Almost two years have past since the events depicted in the "Winter of Fire". All this time I was reluctant to watch any documentaries dedicated to Maidan, since all these terrible and magnificent events were to fresh in my memory and I thought that any incorrect documentary will only outrage me. My own and my family's participation in the Revolution was humble but nevertheless it left deep emotional scars. I remember my night-watches, and the moment when I dissuaded my old parents from participation in the February 18th meeting near the Parliament since I was convinced that it will be a massacre. Another of my family member, former military, is still proud of participation in clashes with the Berkut on Hrushevskogo street. So it was to personal for me to allow some film director to spoil those memories. However incidentally I've read a positive review on "Winter on Fire" from another participant of those events who praised the documentary for it's accuracy in depicting the Revolution. So I decided to watch it. And I was stunned by its thoughtful and correct retrace of facts without silly surface comments or assessments. Maybe Berkut's and police cruelty was a little bit softened (they've intentionally tortured to death some protesters, like Yuriy Verbitsky, intentionally crippled numerous protesters by firing in their eyes with rubber bullets, braking bones, even beheaded people, many people are still considered missing), and the spirit of mutual aid and respect on Maidan not enough emphasized, but still this documentary is unbelievably correct with facts and the spirit of Maidan. I was overwhelmed by revived memories and emotions watching it. It is true, that "EuroMaidan" ended on 29th of November. On the 30th of November near the St Michael's Monastery completely new Maidan has been born and the Revolution of Dignity started it slow pace which is still in progress due to seemingly hopeless wars Ukrainian nation is waging - against Russian army invasion and against corruption which is plaguing our outdated "territorial elites" fostered by Russia instead of national elite thoroughly murdered during the Soviet Russia's occupation of Ukraine (1921 - 1991). This documentary's authors did truly grate job by restoring so scrupulously events of this terrifying yet magnificent Revolution. It's like I lived again through all those scary and dignified days. Sense of the presence of God are correct words to describe those feelings - it felt like frighteningly majestic Spirit was there on Maidan with all those people, who, despite the odds, continued to believe in the ultimate victory and who were ready to sacrifice themselves for the things many others consider abstract and non-essential - freedom, dignity and patriotism. For those, who want wider political context - it's all there in the documentary. Standing behind Yanukovych's back is puppeteer Putin, trying to revert Ukrainian nation from its choice to be a European country rather than Russian colony. Government without its own voice, filled with Yanukovych's old "friends" and subordinates from his so-called "family" - his business clan. Parliament, to scared of Yanukovych, to make independent decisions. So-called "leaders of opposition", representatives of our "territorial elites", unable to take responsibility for anything - miserable men completely unfit for the grandiose historical moment they were participating. And mysterious reborn of an old nation - Ukrainian nation, with its thousand years of complex history, which almost lost itself under 300 years of occupation by Russia and suddenly revived and fighting for its future. This documentary though it's thoroughly accurate, is enthralling and dramatic like best Hollywood movies, like Maidan was. It will immerse you into the dramatic and magnificent story of the Ukrainian Revolution, into the heights of the human spirit, bravery, unselfishness and heroism, and into the depths of human decline, fear, cruelty and cynicism. "Winter on Fire" is beautifully crafted, deeply involving, with great music and true story.

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