iWeek 2017: Sessions sponsored by CIUS
Ukrainian-Canadian filmmaker Marusya Bociurkiw tracks the progress of the Euromaidan revolution, and the Russian occupation that followed, from the perspective of LGBT Ukrainians. From accounts of escape and exile, to stories of creative rebellion, this film shows a side of the conflict in Ukraine the world has not yet seen. This screening will provide a unique opportunity not only to learn more about Ukraine, but also to discuss these issues with the film's director.
Film length: 54 minutes.
Marusya Bociurkiw is an author, filmmaker, and professor. She has been producing films and videos in Canada for the past fifteen years and those works have screened at film festivals and in cinemas on several continents. She has written five books, including the novel The Children of Mary, and the award-winning Comfort Food for Breakups: The Memoir of a Hungry Girl, which was also shortlisted for the prestigious Lambda and Kobzar awards. More recently, her creative non-fiction entry, A Girl, Waiting, was a finalist for CBC's 2015 Canada Writes award. She has made ten films including her latest, This Is Gay Propaganda, a documentary about LGBT people and the war in Ukraine.
She is Associate Professor of Media Theory at Ryerson University, and Director of The Studio for Media Activism and Critical Thought. Bociurkiw teaches courses on news and current affairs theory, social justice media, and gender/sexuality/race theory in relation to time-based and digital media storytelling. Her research has always examined untold stories and discourses of marginalized groups, and most recently, has examined the ephemeral archive of second-wave feminist video collectives across Canada.