The educational movie about Holodomor from now on is also in Chernihiv schools

News 23 October 2017

The project of the National Museum "Holodomor victims Memorial" for distribution of the educational movie "Territory of Holodomor: the immortal memory" among educators of Ukraine continues. Therefore on October 18, 2017, the film was seen by school teachers, teachers of higher educational institutions, museum workers of Chernihiv. The presentation of the film was held in the cinema hall of Chernihiv Military and History Museum the department of the Regional Museum named after V. Tarnovskiy. After the demonstration and discussion, all guests received a copy of the movie as a gift that will help them in teaching history of the genocide of the Ukrainian nation 1932-1933.

The movie raises the issues of press responsibility in illuminating or concealing of the crimes. The film answers the question: "Why didn’t the world know about Holodomor for so long?" The movie was made for the school age audience, recommended for use on history lessons; it was created by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in cooperation with the National Museum “Holodomor victims Memorial”.

During September-October 2017, the opportunity to get the movie, as well as to hear about the activities of the National Museum “Holodomor victims Memorial”, had the educators of Poltava, Kharkiv, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and even earlier – Lviv regions.

The following presentations are planned in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region (October 26) and Severodonetsk, Lugansk region (October 27).

 

For the Ukrainian educational institutions to receive a disk with the movie, please contact with Holodomor victims Memorial: memoholod@ukr.net, 044 254-45-12