Jan 25, 2012
Orest Sushko's documentary about the history Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus is now titled Music of Survival (changed from Living Strings).
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Orest Sushko's documentary about the history Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus is now titled Music of Survival (changed from Living Strings).
Bandurist Gets 2012 Genie Award Nomination
Bandurist and tsymbalist (hammer dulcimer player) Orest Sushko has been nominated (along with Christian Cooke) in the Overall Sound category for A Dangerous Method. Good luck, Orest!
Promotional trailer for Orest Sushko’s documentary about the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. The video is not marked for distribution, so I am reposting the link in its place.
The story of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus is one of incredible courage and true grit - a vivid chronicle that celebrates the human spirit. This is the triumphant story of the original seventeen members of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus who were transported to slave-labour camps in Germany in 1942 and survived one of the most horrific periods in the history of the modern world - World War II.
They were gifted musicians and poets who defied the odds while performing for multitudes of Ukrainians across Europe in the years the war ensued. Through harrowing adventures these men and their families made their way to displaced persons camps and eventually across the ocean to freedom in North America in 1949. This is the story of the Ukrainian spirit that never gave up, a story of incredible heroism - the story of 'Living Strings'.
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The film will provide an educational as well as entertaining, informative and emotionally gripping perspective - the personal stories inter cut with the collective history of the bandura throughout the ages. What would be heralded throughout this film will be the celebration of the human spirit and the vibrant role the bandura has continued to perform in Ukrainian culture and history. It will illustrate the bandurist as bard, as seer, as spiritual emissary for the soul of the Ukrainian people, then and now, in Ukraine and beyond.