The Kan-Kan Cinema and Brasserie will screen “Maidan,” a documentary on the 2014 Ukrainian revolution of the same name, to benefit Ukrainians in need of medical supplies during the ongoing Russian invasion.
The film, directed by Sergei Loznitsa, depicts the protest movement and violent clash with military police that ultimately led to the overthrow of Ukraine’s pro-Russian government. It will screen at 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Tickets are $12, with all proceeds going to Razom, a pro-democracy nonprofit born out of the 2014 revolution now seeking to circulate medical supplies to injured Ukrainians.
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Zina Kumok, a Kan-Kan member and Indiana University graduate whose family came to the United States from Kyiv in 1992 as Jewish refugees, worked with the theater to create the fundraiser.
“It’s a good way for people to understand the history and what’s happening now,” Kumok said of the documentary.
She warned the film and others like it “can be difficult to watch” due to the graphic violence captured.
“It’s important to remember — and what’s so impressive about what’s happening right now — that the Ukrainian people are very determined,” Kumok said. “They’ve been fighting for a true democracy for so long. They’ve been protesting and dying for this for so long. You’ll understand why so many are joining the army, making Molotov cocktails, standing up to tanks.”
