Original title: Orange Chronicles
Copyright: Damian Kolodiy, 2006.
Format: narrative documentary
Carrier: DVD
Color: color
Length: 98 minutes (director’s cut), 64 minutes (TV version)
Original language: Ukrainian or with English language voice-over and subtitles.
English subtitles: yes
Film crew
Director and Producer: Damian Kolodiy
Script writer and editor: Peter Zielyk
Cinematographer: Damian Kolodiy
Synopsis
The Orange Chronicles focuses on the passionate people
who filled the streets of Kyiv during the Presidential
Elections of 2004 to protest the poisoning of their
candidate Viktor Yushchenko, an unjust election and
the corrupt government that created it. Narrated
by the filmmaker, The Orange Chronicles documents
operations and sentiments on the ground during the
lead up to the elections, and provides a clear understanding
of the dramatic confrontations and high stakes of
that time. It also explores what motivated the people
to activate, as well as the emotional conflicts among
a bitterly divided populace. Lessons about the power
of organized activism can be applied the world over
to successful opposition against electoral corruption.
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