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Join us on February 27th, 2025 at 5:30 pm at the Ahmanson Auditorium (UNH 1000) for a special screening of Bucha. Bucha is a dramatic feature film based on the true story of a refugee from Kazakhstan who, in the spring of 2022, risked his life to save hundreds of Ukrainians in towns of Kyiv region occupied by Russian troops (2024, 118 mins, English subtitles).  

Konstantin Gudauskas is a Jew, born in Kazakhstan, but received political asylum in Ukraine.  After the Russian invasion begins on February 24th, 2022, he is able to travel freely to the occupied territories and evacuate civilians from there thanks to his Kazakh passport. During the next months he saves 203 people by taking them out of the occupied territories. Konstantin observes firsthand the horrors of war and atrocities of the Russian occupation. Throughout this time he is advised and guided by a woman, Haide Rizaeva, a Crimean Tatar, employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate, who was twice held captive by Russian separatists and was on death row before escaping. She helps Konstantin, but when he stops listening to her advice, tragedy strikes. 

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film's producer and screenwriter Oleksandr Shchur. The event will be hosted by Father Cyril Hovorun, director of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute, and Professor Katerina Zacharia, director of the Classics & Archaeology Learning Community Series. The screening and Q&A will be followed by a reception. All are welcome!

Learn more about the film and watch the trailer here

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