Released:
2018-03-28

Overview:
Documentary about the life of Sergei Parajanov, a prominent Soviet-era filmmaker who was active in Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia and was persecuted by the communist government for his views on the pretext of his homosexuality, which was a crime in the USSR. The centerpiece of this documentary is Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, a 1965 movie directed by Parajanov, that awakened the Ukrainian national consciousness which had been suppressed by decades of Soviet rule.

Director:
Harry Tamrazian

Runtime:
1h 23min

Genre:
Documentary, History

• Cast:
• 
  Sergei Parajanov
  as
  Self (archival footage, voice)
• 
  Larysa Kadochnykova
  as
  Self
• 
  Marina Vlady
  as
  Self
• 
  Svetlana Shcherbatyuk
  as
  Self
• 
  Patrick Cazals
  as
  Self