Porcelain War
Documentary Screening
Sunday, March 30
3:00 -5:00 pm
Wasserman Cinematheque, inside Sachar International Center (International Business School)
Post-screening conversation with Dr. Katja Kolcio (Associate Professor of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies; Environmental Studies; Dance; and Education Studies; Wesleyan University)
Free and open to the public
Academy Award Nominee, DGA Winner, PGA and ASC Nominee
Amidst the chaos and destruction of the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, three artists defiantly find inspiration and beauty as they defend their culture and their country. In a war waged by professional soldiers against ordinary civilians, Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko and Andrey Stefanov choose to stay behind, armed with their art, their cameras and, for the first time in their lives, their guns. Despite daily shelling, Anya finds resistance and purpose in her art, Andrey takes the dangerous journey to get his young family to safety abroad, and Slava becomes a weapons instructor for ordinary people who have become unlikely soldiers. As the war intensifies, Andrey picks up his camera to film their story, and on tiny porcelain figurines, Anya and Slava capture their idyllic past, uncertain present and hope for the future.
Co-directed by Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo, with extraordinary footage from first-time cinematographer Stefanov, Porcelain War embodies the passion and fight that only an artist can put back into the world when it’s crumbling around them.
Visitors to the university who drive may park at the Theater Parking Lot and walk up the hill to the Sachar International Center (International Business School).
Co-sponsored by Film, Television and Interactive Media Program (FTIM), Creativity, the Arts, and Social Transformation Program (CAST), Center for German and European Studies (CGES)
