The film “Olherd Bochkovskyi. The spark of the burning fire of national consciousness is unquenchable” was presented.
Documentary film “Olherd Bochkovskyi. An inextinguishable spark of the burning fire of national consciousness” is the first large-scale project – a story about an outstanding sociologist, political scientist and active figure of the Ukrainian diaspora in Europe in the 20s and 30s of the 20th century. Bochkovsky was an “advocate” of the Ukrainian issue in the world, opposed Soviet propaganda. In 1932-33, he headed the Committee for Aid to the Starving in Ukraine.
“We reveal the name of one of the brightest intellectuals of Ukrainian public opinion of post-war times. Ukrainians, scattered around the world between the first and second world wars, fought for Ukraine’s independence even then. And thanks to their efforts, the world learned about the problems of Ukrainians, in particular, about the Holodomor. It is very important to reveal these names to our youth, to show such films in schools and universities.”
– noted at the presentation Mykola Kniazhytskyi, author of the idea for the tape, head of the parliamentary committee on culture and spirituality.
The creative team of the film plans to shoot a series of similar projects to popularize the activities of iconic figures of Ukrainian intellectuals of the 20th century, unknown to the general public.
The tape “Olherd Bochkovskyi. An inextinguishable spark of the burning fire of national consciousness” was created by the public organization “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum” with the financial support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. The TV premiere will take place on the TV channel Espreso.TV February 17 at 10:00 a.m. with a repeat at 10:00 p.m.
