Family Album

10 10
2024
79min

English German Ukrainian

English

Country: Ukraine

Original Title: Сімейний альбом

This insightful documentary explores an emotional journey across generations of trauma and survival. After discovering her grandfather’s photos from the Great Famine, Samara travels to Ukraine amid war.

English German Ukrainian
English
Country: Ukraine
Original Title: Сімейний альбом

OFFICIAL SELECTION: Warsaw International Film Festival/ International Historical Documentary Film Festival on the 20th Century Unbroken and Sacrificial/ Dingle Distillery International Film Festival

Family Album - When history is buried, it returns with greater force

When Samara Pearce uncovers an old photo album in her attic, she begins a powerful journey that takes her from family secrets to the heart of war-torn Ukraine.

This bold biographical documentary follows Samara as she retraces her grandfather’s memories of the 1933 Great Famine and confronts the modern-day atrocities inflicted by the Russian army. In witnessing the devastation, she uncovers a haunting truth—when history is left unpunished, it can repeat itself.