After nearly a decade covering international conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war for the AP, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL is Mstyslav Chernov’s first feature length film and an unflinching, anguishing account of the 20 days he and colleagues Evgeniy Maloletka and Vasilisa Stepanenko spent covering Mariupol as the last international journalists left in the city. Drawing on Chernov’s daily news dispatches and personal footage of his own country at war, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL is a vivid, harrowing account of civilians caught in the siege, as well as a window into what it’s like to report from a conflict zone, and the impact of such journalism around the globe.
The film screening will be followed by a talkback discussion featuring:
Suzanne Nossel (moderator)
CEO, PEN America
Julie Pace
Senior Vice President and Executive Editor, Associated Press
Sergiy Tomilenko
President of the National Union of Journalists in Ukraine
Mstyslav Chernov
AP video journalist and director, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL opens July 14 exclusively at Film Forum.