Ukrainians would prefer that Alexander Dovzhenko's first name be spelled with an "o": Olexander. And rather than say that Dovzhenko is the great filmmaker of the Ukraine, they'd rather you drop "the" ...

Early Soviet filmmaker Alexander Dovzhenko was a committed optimist. Of his 13 brothers and sisters, 12 died in his youth. “Whenever I think of my childhood and of my home,” he recalled, “in my mind I ...

During the period of the 20-30s of the twentieth century, Ukrainian culture experienced its formation, flourishing and tragic finale. The three-part documentary tells about the shares of Vladimir ...