Project Detail

Recipes for Baking Bread

Synopsis

Five short films exploring stories from Holodomor Ukraine 1932–1933.

Details

Year
2021
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
5 min 30 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Sara Nesteruk
Executive Producer
Richard Gort
Composer
Yoni Collier
Principal cast
Voice Overs: Jaroslaw Prytulak, Serhii Plokhii, Philip Colley, Daria Mattingly, Fr. Volodymyr Sampara
Interviews with
British Ukrainian baker Jerry Prytulak; Professor Serhii Plokhy; great nephew of journalist Gareth Jones – Philip Colley; scholar Daria Mattingly
Jerry Berman’s letters Courtesy of
Alison Marshall, Reverend Volodymyr Sampara
Further Notes
Produced as an element of Sara Nesteruk's PhD research at Leeds Beckett University, UK

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Production Status

Production Company

Produced by Leeds Beckett University

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