Galina Evtushenko, award-winning Russian documentary filmmaker and visiting Fulbright Scholar, will visit Shelburne Vineyard , 6308 Shelburne Road, Shelburne VT, this Saturday evening, Sept 29, at 7:30 pm to present two films she has produced depicting stories of Jewish life and people in Russia during the 20th century. Each film is subtitled in English. Admission is free.
The evening will begin with an introductory Havdalah led by Rabbi Amy Small and a brief introduction about the films we will see by Professor Evtushenko. The first film, entitled "Rabbi," explores the experience of a man who, after years of hiding his faith and living a secular life in Communist Russia and later in Israel, comes to terms with his history and beliefs to become a devoted Rabbi and Jewish leader in his native Russia.
Following "Rabbi" Prof. Yevtushenko will introduce the second film, "Nobody Will Know," a conversation with a several elderly Russian Jewish people who, as homeless orphans, were raised in a Jewish orphanage between 1925-33 and who still consider those years to have been the best years of their lives. According to Yevtushenko, the film tries to depict "the smell of the life in the orphanage using old photos, documents and things which still exist at our heroes' places." Following the screenings Prof. Yevtushenko will briefly describe "Famous Jews," another film she has produced depicting ten famous Russian-Jewish historical figures whose Jewish identity was not necessarily well known. This DVD is devoted to the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution and includes a wide range of historical material. The film highlights pre-Revolutionary Russian life and the first years of Soviet Russia, connecting and depicting them through the prism of the Jewish worldview.
The evening will close with a time for Q&A and conversation with Prof. Evtushenko accompanied by light refreshment. Wine will be available for sale by the glass.
Prof. Galina Evtushenko is a director and producer of Russian documentary and feature films. Born and educated in Voronezh, Russia, she graduated from Voronezh State University in philology and went on to complete her Ph.D. at the All–Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIC) in Moscow. As a filmmaker and scholar Prof. Evtushenko has participated in international film festivals in Greece, Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Sweden, India, the USA, Canada, Brazil, and Israel, sometimes serving as a festival juror.
Prof. Evtushenko teaches at the Russian State University for the Humanities and currently, through the end of October2018, serves on the faculty of Documentary Studies in the Department of History at the University at Albany, SUNY as a visiting Fulbright Scholar. She has completed more than 30 documentaries and two feature films, establishing a career as an independent producer with her own production company, Rose Film Studio. She was winner and a nominee of the "NIKA" Russian National Film Award – the annual national award presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science and "The Golden Eagle," one of the most prominent film awards in Russia.
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