I am a Monument to Myself
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Tiazhlov, Dmytro, director
- Language
- Ukrainian.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- Ukraine: 2009.
- Physical Description
- DVD (59 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00006867
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- The documentary is about Evhen Khvatov, an eccentric seventy-six year old man who, since his childhood, has been fascinated by graves, tombstones, and monuments. In his adulthood, Khvatov dedicated himself to restoring them and has rescued from oblivion more than a hundred. They include tombstones on graves of his villagers, simple peasants, of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army soldiers (the UPA), Red Army soldiers, Jews, killed by the Nazis, and the German army officers. As he does this he attracts his attention of his villagers and a larger society to issues of collective memory, forgiveness, and historical reconciliation, an agonizingly complex process Ukraine has been undergoing since independence. Without justifying such criminal ideologies as Communism and Nazism, he advocates forgiveness and empathy across ideological, religious, and ethnic divides.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Library Special Collection
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 5159 | Available | - | |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 5159 (HU_OSA_00006867.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |