SAD DZIADKA/САД ДІДУСЯ AND Q&A WITH DIRECTOR, PROTAGONIST, CINEMATOGRAPHER/PROTAGONIST, PRODUCER AND HISTORIAN
Recommended. While this documentary tackles the Volhynian massacre, it's gentle. No archives, just Volhynia nowadays and a young woman from Poland looking for the traces of her grandfather's early childhood experience. It's verdant, quiet, people friendly. On the way, apart from occasional stories about the massacre retold as hearsays, she discovers that many Ukrainians warned Poles or even hosted runaways from the massacre - the first time I've heard of the good ones. Comforting. It also proves it's hostilities that lead to such events. As the Ukrainian cinematographer concludes: "There are many bad people in the world. There are also many good ones."
It's a Polish-Ukrainian co-production. There were initially 24 versions of the film, edited just before the full-scale war. The documentary was consulted by 6 historians, mostly Prof. Motyka. There was a cold-blooded political plan to eradicate Poles, by decision by Banderite OUN: if there are no Poles, there's no conflict. Bones coming onto the surface of the ground are common, that's why the protagonist came across some.
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