Film Screening: Oscar-Nominated Documentary “Porcelain War”

“Porcelain War" is a firsthand account of the war in Ukraine, told by ordinary people who join the citizen army to fight against the erasure of their country and culture. Amid the chaos of the Russian invasion, three artists use art as a form of resistance against destruction. In a war fought by professional soldiers against civilians, Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko, and Andrey Stefanov choose to stay behind, armed with their art, their cameras, and, for the first time, their guns.
The film won the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary and the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary.
Co-directors Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo and producer Paula DuPré Pesmen will participate in a conversation along with Johns Hopkins experts following the screening of “Porcelain War” at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., on March 31.

WHEN:

Monday, March 31, from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m.

Note: Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Hopkins Bloomberg Center­ Theater

555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001

The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center and the Johns Hopkins AAP Graduate Film and Media launched the “Stories that Matter" film screening series to present cinema at the intersection of art, scientific discovery, urgent social issues and international affairs. The series is designed to cultivate robust dialogue among filmmakers, scholars, students, government officials, policy stakeholders, and the public.

"Stories That Matter" partners with the Cineteca di Bologna to present the Stories that Matter series at the 358-seat historic and newly restored in Bologna, Italy. Gianluca Farinelli, director of the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, will select classic films restored through the World Cinema Project, which was created by Martin Scorsese in 2007, as part of the series.

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"Porcelain War" is a Songbird Studios Production, in association with Imaginary Lane, Bob’s Your Uncle, Far Star Media, The Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Sobrato Philanthropies, and Cayton Goldrich Family Foundation. Produced by Paula DuPré Pesmen (producer of Oscar-winner “The Cove”), Aniela Sidorska, Camilla Mazzaferro, and Olivia Ahnemann. "Porcelain War" is distributed by Picturehouse.

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