Bard College Berlin Presents

FOCUS: Looking for a husband (with a good passport). Migration through marriage in 90's Ukraine.

In the times of economic precarity in Donetsk, Ukraine, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, three women decide to respond to advertisements posted by foreign men in the newspapers. One of them, Elya, successfully moves to Australia by marrying a man from there. Before her flight to Canberra, the group pinky-promised to reunite soon. Yet, Elya doesn't return until a decade later. This film by a Ukrainian BCB student, Lisa Sokolova, is a conversation with her mom, one of the women. What was it like for Elya to leave everything she loved behind and start a new life in a place she had only seen on maps? Did her dreams of living abroad match the reality? Join for the screening and discussion to find out more about life in Ukraine in the 90's through a personal story of female friendship and migration.

FOCUS student-led event series with the Civic Engagement Office
 

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Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm CET/GMT+1

Location: W15 Cafe

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