Film & Talk: Mariinka
How does a protracted conflict divide borders and communities, and raise questions about identity, national loyalty, and family ties? Before the screening, Professor Giselle Bosse will give a brief introduction, and afterward, we’ll delve deeper into the documentary during a post-screening discussion.
In collaboration with Studium Generale Maastricht and the Platform for Outreach and Co-Creation (POCC), we are screening Mariinka, a poignant documentary about young Ukrainians who have been living with the conflict in the Donbas for more than ten years. In the eastern Ukrainian town of Mariinka, we witness various life stories: a promising boxing talent becomes a military medic, a young woman smuggles goods across the front line, and two brothers find themselves on opposing sides of the conflict, while their younger brother lives in the United States.
The film begins long before the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine made global headlines and Mariinka was completely destroyed. Mariinka shows how a protracted conflict not only divides borders and communities but also raises questions about identity, national loyalty, and family ties. Prior to the screening, Giselle Bosse, professor of EU External Democracy Support at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, will give a brief introduction.
