Roses. Film-Cabaret
Monday, Dec 4, 2023 6 – 7 pm500 N. Michigan Ave, Ste 1450, Chicago, IL 60611
Directed by Irena Stetsenko
A cinéma-vérité documentary following Dakh Daughters – an intellectual freak cabaret band, created by seven actresses under the roof of Kyiv experimental contemporary theater Dakh. The video diary spans almost five years, following Dakh Daughters since their first show, titled ‘Roses’ – after their first popular song ‘Rozy / Donbas’, written long before Donbas region became the war-torn zone of the so called ‘Russian Spring’.
2021, Documentary, 1h25, Ukraine In English, Russian, Ukrainian with English subtitles.
Free and open to the public (registration on eventbrite required)
In solidarity with Ukrainian filmmakers, l’Institut français in partnership with EUNIC Chicago (EU National Institutes of Culture) offers a program of 6 contemporaries Ukrainian films intended for free screenings, internationally, for 2023 and 2024. The films on offer illustrate the vitality of the Ukrainian film industry for the past ten years, with an increasingly noticeable presence in foreign festivals (Cannes, Berlin, etc.). The selection voluntarily emphasizes the particularly dynamic Ukrainian documentary scene.