Holy Warriors
(30 minutes) Russia
Director: Marianna Yarovskaya
Description:
Holy Warriors is a film about five former Russian soldiers who fought in wars from Afghanistan to Chechnya and found spirituality as a result. The film chronicles the spiritual upheaval brought about by war on those involved, offering profound insight into the resilience of the human spirit during trying times. It demonstrates the traumatic effect of enlisting unwilling soldiers in wartime, while raising the pertinent question of the links between war and religion, through these direct manifestations of fear and hate, love and faith in modern-day society. "There are no atheists in a foxhole," as one of the characters puts it.
Biography:
In 1998 Yarovskaya directed UNDESIRABLES, which won a Student Academy Award (Student Oscar) and screened at Cannes. Since 2000 she has worked for NASA, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, History Channel, and Greenpeace as Producer and Senior Editor. In 2006 She was Head of Research on AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH which won an Academy Award.
For over 10 years Olesya Bondareva has been working as a correspondent for the prime time Russian Television program "Vzglyad" ("Look"), an analog of the American show "60 Minutes." To date, she has produced over 200 documentary segments. She has been a recipient of the George Soros Award for Innovative Journalism. Her short documentary, "Giselle," was awarded a Silver Olive at the Television Festival in Monte Negro last year. Olesya attended Moscow State University where she studied television journalism.
Contact information:
Marianna Yarovskaya
1112 7th Street, Apt. 1201
Santa Monica, CA 90403
E-mail: marianna@re-voir.com
Web site: www.mayfilms.com |
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