Overview
Synopsis
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.
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Cast
Cast
Sergei Parajanov
Self (archival footage, voice)
Larysa Kadochnykova
Self
Marina Vlady
Self
Svetlana Shcherbatyuk
Self
Patrick Cazals
Self
Suren Parajanov
Self