My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian IdentitiesMovie
This video documentary centers on the questions of civil liberties and cultural differences in a society beginning to open as one woman searches for her own ethnic roots, identity and family history in Ukraine. Issues of human rights, anti-Semitism, homophobia, feminism and a divided and economically-depressed country are encountered as Barbara Hammer, a feminist activist and pioneer of lesbian cinema, return to a “homeland” full of struggling as people search for a new post-glasnost identity.
About My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities is a 2001 history, documentary movie directed by Barbara Hammer.
The production information lists a runtime of 53m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Barbara Hammer, Vera Berdashevich, Vadim Bezprozvany, Greesha Felanovsky. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
