Displaced
- Description
- Reviews
- Citation
- Cataloging
- Transcript
DISPLACED is a heartbreaking story about the Kovalchuk family, who were among the first refugees to arrive in America after fleeing Ukraine at the start of the Russian invasion. The film follows three generations of the close-knit family through their first days and weeks in Southern California after traveling through six countries and two continents. While displaced, they grapple with their identities and grieve for their beloved war-torn homeland. As they search for housing and try to rebuild the sense of security their children have lost, the family must reimagine their entire futures.
Citation
Main credits
Cates, Gil (film director)
Cates, Gil (film producer)
Shnaider, Michelle (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Ramon Garcia; editor, Don Money; music, Ched Tolliver.
Distributor subjects
Immigration Studies; Sociology; Human Rights; Ukranian Refugees; Ukrainian Youth; Trauma of WarKeywords
|
TIMECODE IN |
CHARACTER NAME |
DIALOGUE |
|
01:00:02:10 |
MUSIC |
[ominous, emotional music playing] |
|
01:00:07:23 |
SFX |
[emergency alarm wailing] |
|
01:00:32:05 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Are you happy to ride the sleigh? |
|
01:00:33:16 |
KIDS [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Yes! Yes! Yes! |
|
01:00:34:19 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Where are we going? |
|
01:00:36:06 |
KIDS [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] To the park. |
|
01:00:37:09 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Two months ago... |
|
01:00:41:11 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we... |
|
01:00:43:23 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we were living our happy life. |
|
01:00:47:00 |
BOHDANA |
[indistinct mumbling] |
|
01:00:49:23 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Kolya, are you reindeers? |
|
01:00:51:21 |
KOLYA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Yes. |
|
01:00:53:14 |
SFX |
[laughter] |
|
01:01:03:04 |
PETRO [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh, I wonder what's in there. |
|
01:01:05:02 |
PETRO [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] This is a room of surprises... |
|
01:01:08:05 |
PETRO [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh, can you imagine? |
|
01:01:11:10 |
PETRO [OS] |
[laughing] |
|
01:01:13:21 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And... |
|
01:01:18:00 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] on February 24th... |
|
01:01:22:13 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we understood |
|
01:01:24:09 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] that a tragedy happened, |
|
01:01:26:21 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] huge tragedy, |
|
01:01:28:22 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] and our life will, |
|
01:01:30:19 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] in fact, |
|
01:01:32:17 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] never be the same. |
|
01:01:43:09 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
ON MARCH 1ST, 2022, AFTER SPENDING THREE NIGHTS IN A TINY BASEMENT NEAR KYIV, THE KOVALCHUK FAMILY FLED BY CAR TOWARDS ROMANIA, HUNGARY AND SLOVAKIA UNTIL SETTLING IN PRAGUE. |
|
01:01:53:07 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
WORRIED THAT RUSSIA'S ASSAULT ON THE ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN UKRAINE COULD UNLEASH A CATASTROPHIC DISASTER ACROSS EUROPE, THE FAMILY DECIDED TO FLEE NORTH AMERICA. |
|
01:02:03:03 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
ON MARCH 15TH, THEY CROSSED THE BORDER INTO THE US. THROUGH A NETWORK OF UKRAINIAN IMMIGRANTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND HOUSING IN LOS ANGELES FOR TWO WEEKS. |
|
01:02:13:15 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
THEY BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST FAMILIES OF UKRAINIAN REFUGEES IN AMERICA SINCE THE START OF THE WAR. |
|
01:02:21:06 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
THE KOVALCHUKS FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DOCUMENT THEIR JOURNEY AND THE UNKNOWN THAT LAY AHEAD AS THEY GRAPPLED WITH THE REALITIES OF BECOMING A REFUGEE FAMILY. |
|
01:02:47:00 |
MAIN TITLE |
DISPLACED |
|
01:02:54:12 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
MARCH 25TH, 2022 ENCINO, CALIFORNIA |
|
01:03:00:14 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
GIL CATES, JR. LOS ANGELES RESIDENT FILMMAKER |
|
01:03:02:11 |
MAN |
Nice to meet you. |
|
01:03:03:11 |
GIL |
Nice to meet you too. Thanks. Wow. Cool. |
|
01:03:09:00 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
PETRO KOVALCHUK |
|
01:03:09:00 |
MAN 1 [OS] |
Petro, take one. |
|
01:03:10:01 |
MAN 2 [OS] |
Petro, take one. |
|
01:03:10:01 |
SFX |
[clapperboard claps] |
|
01:03:12:17 |
PETRO |
My name is Petro Kovalchuk. I am from Ukraine, from Kyiv. And now, I'm in USA in Los Angeles. |
|
01:03:23:00 |
GIL [OS] |
This is...? |
|
01:03:23:00 |
PETRO [OS] |
My wife. |
|
01:03:24:00 |
GIL [OS] |
Got it. Hi. |
|
01:03:26:05 |
OLHA |
Hi. |
|
01:03:26:05 |
GIL |
I'm Gil. |
|
01:03:27:13 |
OLHA |
I'm Olha. |
|
01:03:27:13 |
GIL |
So nice to meet you. |
|
01:03:29:14 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
OLHA KOVALCHUK |
|
01:03:29:14 |
MAN [OS] |
Olha, take one. Got it? |
|
01:03:31:13 |
SFX |
[clapperboard claps] |
|
01:03:34:03 |
OLHA |
My name Olha Kovalchuk. I'm from Ukraine. |
|
01:03:38:19 |
GIL [OS] |
Gil. |
|
01:03:38:19 |
MYKOLA |
Mykola. |
|
01:03:40:15 |
GIL |
Nice to meet you. |
|
01:03:41:18 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
MYKOLA KOVALCHUK PETRO'S FATHER |
|
01:03:41:18 |
MAN [OS] |
Mykola, take one. |
|
01:03:44:01 |
SFX |
[clapperboard claps] |
|
01:03:45:18 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in foreign language] My name Kovalchuk Mykola Petrovych. |
|
01:03:50:00 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
ANTONINA KOVALCHUK MYKOLA'S WIFE |
|
01:03:50:00 |
MAN [OS] |
Anton--Antonina. |
|
01:03:51:14 |
ANTONINA |
Antonina Kovalchuk. |
|
01:03:53:04 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in foreign language] Good afternoon. My name is Antonina Kovalchuk. |
|
01:03:55:22 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
ILLIA MALIARCHYK ANTONINA'S SON |
|
01:03:55:22 |
MAN [OS] |
Illia, take one. |
|
01:03:57:03 |
SFX |
[clapperboard claps] |
|
01:03:58:06 |
ILLIA |
I'm Illia Maliarchyk. I'm 14, and I'm from Ukraine, from Cherkasy. |
|
01:04:03:05 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] The disturbing events started happening September 1st... |
|
01:04:07:21 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] starting September when kids went to school, |
|
01:04:10:13 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] and they didn't study for several weeks |
|
01:04:14:06 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] when the first bomb threats against the school were made. |
|
01:04:16:22 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] This was happening in other cities of the country, |
|
01:04:22:11 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] so this was a global thing, |
|
01:04:24:17 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] but in reality that was an informational war, |
|
01:04:27:04 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] that was Russian intelligence's job, I think so, in order to... |
|
01:04:35:00 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] to create instability, to cause wobbling of the situation. |
|
01:04:42:02 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] On Wednesday, February 23rd, |
|
01:04:45:05 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we safely picked up our kids after the additional classes. |
|
01:04:50:05 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Bohdana was dancing ballet, the boys were doing gymnastics. |
|
01:04:54:09 |
BOY [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We got an award! |
|
01:04:56:15 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Come to me! Awesome! |
|
01:04:57:18 |
BOY [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We got an award! |
|
01:04:59:16 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh wow! |
|
01:05:00:22 |
BOY [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We got an award! |
|
01:05:01:22 |
PETRO [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Well done, kids! |
|
01:05:02:22 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Super! |
|
01:05:03:22 |
OLHA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] In the evening, at 8PM, we got home, |
|
01:05:06:18 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] had our dinner, took a bath, and safely went to bed. |
|
01:05:13:11 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] On February 24th we got a call, |
|
01:05:18:21 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] as far as I remember it was our relative from Odesa, |
|
01:05:23:20 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] he said that the war had begun. |
|
01:05:27:17 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] There were shootings, shootings everywhere. |
|
01:05:30:16 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] So, when I came to work, it was around 7:40AM, |
|
01:05:37:16 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] my acquaintances called and said: |
|
01:05:41:00 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] "Do you know that Ukraine is being shelled with rockets?" |
|
01:05:44:16 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Well, personally for me it was an early call from my friend Masol Olena. |
|
01:05:50:23 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We hadn't even gotten up yet to get the kids ready for school. |
|
01:05:56:15 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] She called me and said: - "Tonya! It has already started!" |
|
01:06:02:01 |
OLHA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We called our parents and asked if everything was fine with them. |
|
01:06:10:15 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We gathered our kids, sat together in the room, |
|
01:06:16:18 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] turned the TV on and tried to explain to the kids |
|
01:06:21:02 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] that it was not safe to stay at home |
|
01:06:24:08 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] and we might need to go to the basement. |
|
01:06:28:00 |
ILLIA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I went to the kitchen to have my breakfast |
|
01:06:32:06 |
ILLIA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] and then my parents told me that Russia was invading us. |
|
01:06:35:10 |
ILLIA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And after that, I didn't go to school. |
|
01:06:37:05 |
ILLIA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We were waiting to see what was going to happen next. |
|
01:06:41:03 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
BELARUS UKRAINE RUSSIA KIEV KHARKIV DNIPRO ODESA |
|
01:06:42:08 |
OLHA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] At around midday my sister called and she said that |
|
01:06:50:04 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] the Armed Forces of Ukraine - they were ready. |
|
01:06:53:18 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] At the time when Russia attacked and started bombing airdromes, |
|
01:07:00:11 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] all the airplanes were in the air. |
|
01:07:03:20 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] They were not on their land positions - they were saved. |
|
01:07:07:09 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] They were ready - the Armed Forces of Ukraine were ready. |
|
01:07:10:20 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] But people were not ready. |
|
01:07:12:19 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We were not ready. |
|
01:07:14:13 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I...we were shocked. Everybody was shocked. |
|
01:07:20:18 |
SFX |
[emergency alarm wailing] |
|
01:07:22:12 |
PETRO [OS/ON] |
The next day, our morning began from noise alert. And it was the third day, the third night underground. Because--you must understand that the last three nights, our big family, though there were ten people that times and we lived underground in the night because we were afraid, and we don't know what can do soldiers of Russian Federation. |
|
01:08:01:02 |
MYKOLA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And also, there were problems because of repeated air alerts, |
|
01:08:08:18 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] and the kids started to get ill. |
|
01:08:10:10 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Thus, it rapidly changed our plans. |
|
01:08:13:15 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We were not planning to leave - there were no such arrangements. |
|
01:08:17:06 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Corrections to our plans were made by life circumstances; |
|
01:08:23:03 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] staying in the basement for five to six hours throughout the day. |
|
01:08:32:19 |
PETRO |
That is why in the morning of the first of March, my father seriously said that let's go collect all things, clothes, and we must go abroad. |
|
01:08:52:09 |
ILLIA [OS/ON] |
When my mom said that we have to leave like in an hour, we went home and collected warm clothes because we didn't know where we're going. |
|
01:09:03:22 |
OLHA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I think that the fear that we had when leaving the house... |
|
01:09:10:11 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I had the fear that we would not make it to the border, |
|
01:09:14:16 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] that we could be shot somewhere on the way, |
|
01:09:19:06 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] that there were dangerous parts of the road. |
|
01:09:22:17 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We didn't think where we would stop on our way, we didn't have any specific plans. |
|
01:09:32:07 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We just wanted to get to a safe place, wait there and return home. |
|
01:09:42:19 |
MYKOLA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We were trying to go very fast. |
|
01:09:44:19 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] During the day we were driving 160-170 kilometers per hour, so... |
|
01:09:49:10 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] the cars were overfull, and we were speeding as much as we could because... |
|
01:09:54:17 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] air alerts were announced very often. |
|
01:09:59:22 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We were trying to rush past the towns because... |
|
01:10:02:02 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we were going near Khmelnytski. |
|
01:10:04:09 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Near Khmelnytskyi we were trying to go very fast |
|
01:10:06:11 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] because there was a nuclear power plant. |
|
01:10:08:01 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I knew that, and we tried to rush past, |
|
01:10:10:13 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] because if it was shelled, there could be an explosion. |
|
01:10:14:20 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] In our caravan of cars, we were the first to reach the border. |
|
01:10:23:06 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] That was around five o'clock in the morning. |
|
01:10:27:20 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Or maybe...no, not five, it was around six or seven, |
|
01:10:32:00 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] because the dawn was already breaking. |
|
01:10:34:01 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And looked at my husband - about ten kilometers left to the border - he was very gray... |
|
01:10:43:01 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] and for the first time in my life I saw him crying. |
|
01:10:47:19 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] He...he was crying. |
|
01:10:51:00 |
PETRO |
It was my maybe first emotional cry and my-- my wife said that she never see me crying and-- and it was very, um, she... [sighs] |
|
01:11:19:19 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We practically lost everything, and... |
|
01:11:24:21 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] and we, our family, |
|
01:11:28:05 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we...we...we are nobody. |
|
01:11:32:19 |
PETRO [ON/OS/ON] |
I feel that we, uh...we left, uh... we leave a part...I leave a part of my heart in Ukraine. |
|
01:11:48:10 |
MYKOLA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We were going to stay in Prague, |
|
01:11:50:00 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we were not planning to go or fly any further, so... |
|
01:11:55:13 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we were planning to stay there for a period until |
|
01:11:57:18 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] the situation stabilized and return to Ukraine. |
|
01:12:00:04 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] But every day I was watching news on TV, and when Enerhodar was shelled - |
|
01:12:10:10 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] it's forty kilometers from Zaporizhzhia - there is a nuclear power plant there. |
|
01:12:14:19 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And the anchorman said |
|
01:12:16:15 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] that if the Enerhodar nuclear power plant near Zaporizhzhia exploded, |
|
01:12:21:16 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] the explosion would be up to forty times worse than Chernobyl. |
|
01:12:30:04 |
ILLIA [OS/ON] |
We came to a new country. We know, like we know no one here and... the situation is difficult. |
|
01:12:42:20 |
PETRO |
How do you say going to be everything excellent? |
|
01:12:45:17 |
GIL |
For you, everything's gonna-- we're gonna make everything excellent. That's all we can do. |
|
01:12:50:05 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Today we visited Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles. |
|
01:12:56:20 |
ANTONINA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] It has lifted our spirits a bit because we have met many Ukrainians, |
|
01:13:02:00 |
ANTONINA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] they are wearing national clothes, they are speaking Ukrainian. |
|
01:13:06:15 |
PETRO [ON/OS/ON] |
Life in USA is another life. It's a big difference between life in the world. USA, another world, and California is another world in USA. |
|
01:13:22:18 |
DANIELLE [OS] |
[over phone] From a legal perspective, they're going to be classified as homeless students |
|
01:13:26:13 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
DANIELLE TENNER CHIEF OF STAFF FOR NICK MELVOIN LAUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION |
|
01:13:28:12 |
DANIELLE [OS] |
[over phone] for like purposes of employment, because their housing is unstable. Which means a couple things. It means that they have a right to be enrolled immediately. |
|
01:13:36:16 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
MICHELLE SHNAIDER OWNER OF TEMPORARY HOUSING UNIT |
|
01:13:40:06 |
DANIELLE [OS] |
[over phone] And then following that like immediate enrollment then they-- there may be some paperwork that they need to try to figure out including maybe vaccination records which could be something that they need to figure out. |
|
01:13:52:05 |
GIL |
[into phone] Which--which they have. |
|
01:13:53:05 |
MICHELLE |
[overlaps] [into phone] Yeah. |
|
01:13:54:14 |
GIL |
Like we just-- they're all vaccinated. |
|
01:13:54:14 |
MICHELLE |
They--they are already working on that. |
|
01:13:55:21 |
GIL |
[into phone] We're working on it. |
|
01:13:55:21 |
DANIELLE [OS] |
[over phone] Great. |
|
01:13:57:00 |
MICHELLE |
[overlaps] [into phone] Okay. Cool. |
|
01:13:57:00 |
DANIELLE [OS] |
[over phone] Excellent. |
|
01:13:58:03 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] It's thanks to Michelle... |
|
01:13:59:13 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] She gave us a place to stay for almost two and a half weeks, for two weeks, right... |
|
01:14:06:18 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] It's just... |
|
01:14:08:15 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] to find housing for our family together with my son - |
|
01:14:15:00 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] it was almost impossible, right... |
|
01:14:17:18 |
PETRO |
Very nice region, and-- like this. |
|
01:14:22:01 |
GIL |
It's [indistinct]. |
|
01:14:23:13 |
PETRO |
The [indistinct] apartment. |
|
01:14:24:19 |
GIL |
That's the one you told me about. |
|
01:14:25:19 |
PETRO |
Yes. And near-- near cemetery near the highway so--so it's free but for Ukrainian refugee. |
|
01:14:38:04 |
ON-SCREEN TEXT [on box] |
GREAT QUOTES FROM GREAT LEADERS WORDS FROM THE LEADERS WHO SHAPED THE WORLD 2022 CALENDAR |
|
01:14:38:04 |
HOWARD [OS] |
[over phone] So, this is Howard, Michelle. |
|
01:14:39:13 |
MICHELLE [OS] |
[into phone] Hi, Howard. |
|
01:14:41:04 |
HOWARD [OS] |
[over phone] Hi, Michelle. How are you? |
|
01:14:42:08 |
MICHELLE [OS] |
[into phone] I'm about to tell them the news and I just figured you might wanna hear-- |
|
01:14:45:07 |
GIL |
[into phone] [overlaps] Wait, Howard, is this-- is this a shareable piece of information already? |
|
01:14:48:01 |
HOWARD [OS] |
[over phone] It is. I just got off the phone with the owner of the house. So, the house is sold, |
|
01:14:51:04 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
HOWARD TENENBAUM FRIEND OF GIL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER |
|
01:14:53:10 |
HOWARD [OS] |
but they're not closing until June 1. So, we have until around June 1. But this house is just sitting empty at the end of my street. |
|
01:15:00:21 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
MARCH 29TH LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA |
|
01:15:05:21 |
PETRO [OS/ON] |
Hello. Wow. |
|
01:15:09:14 |
OLHA |
[chuckling] |
|
01:15:11:07 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] How did they manage to make it? |
|
01:15:13:08 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Super! Right, Olya? |
|
01:15:13:08 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[chuckling] [in Ukrainian] Holy Moly! |
|
01:15:15:12 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Awesome! |
|
01:15:16:23 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Can you see what it's like in here? |
|
01:15:18:20 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] You said that it's... |
|
01:15:19:20 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Just have a look! |
|
01:15:22:20 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh God! |
|
01:15:24:16 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh look! Look! So many toys! |
|
01:15:24:16 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Yeah! Can you imagine?! |
|
01:15:28:21 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh my God! Van'ka! Look how cool! Look, look, look! Awesome! |
|
01:15:34:12 |
PETRO [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And we're gonna play with all of those! Can you imagine? |
|
01:15:36:07 |
PETRO [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And we're gonna play with all of those! Can you imagine? |
|
01:15:36:07 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh my God! |
|
01:15:38:16 |
WOMAN |
Look around. We put stuff in there for the kids. |
|
01:15:41:11 |
OLHA |
[indistinct] |
|
01:15:43:17 |
WOMAN [OS] |
[indistinct] Go look around. |
|
01:15:45:10 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh wow!!! Olya! You should see this bed! |
|
01:15:49:01 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh God! |
|
01:15:51:08 |
WOMAN [OS] |
I put the boys in here. |
|
01:15:53:02 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Just look how cool it is! |
|
01:15:59:15 |
ILLIA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Come on! Faster! |
|
01:16:04:07 |
KID [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] These are mine! |
|
01:16:06:15 |
KID [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I'm running away! |
|
01:16:09:18 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh wow! |
|
01:16:12:11 |
WOMAN [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Olya, where is the tablet? |
|
01:16:13:21 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh God! |
|
01:16:15:22 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] What's happening? |
|
01:16:17:21 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] What is this? |
|
01:16:19:09 |
MAN [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] This one is ours and that one is theirs. |
|
01:16:20:09 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Oh wow! |
|
01:16:21:11 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Yasia, can you see this? |
|
01:16:35:14 |
PETRO |
Perfect. |
|
01:16:35:14 |
GIL |
Yeah. |
|
01:16:39:19 |
KID [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] They gave it to me. (indistinct) |
|
01:16:41:18 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Where are the yellow ones? I'm waiting for the yellow ones. |
|
01:16:44:15 |
PETRO |
What's your name? Oh. My name is Petro. |
|
01:16:48:15 |
YARYNKA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] That is my friend. |
|
01:16:50:04 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And what is her name? |
|
01:16:52:01 |
PETRO |
But what about Ukraine? I trust that everything will be okay. But I don't know when the war will--will end. |
|
01:17:08:04 |
ILLIA [OS/ON] |
When the war began, I didn't think that I will like leave Ukraine. I thought that like it would finish in one or two weeks [indistinct]. |
|
01:17:18:19 |
OLHA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] If, God forbid, it [Russia] occupies Ukraine, it won't stop, for sure. |
|
01:17:25:22 |
PETRO |
It's terrible to understand that it's, the war... |
|
01:17:32:21 |
MAN [OS] |
[in Ukrainian] We are going to tow the tank away. |
|
01:17:35:11 |
PETRO [OS] |
...becomes a usual, and it's hard to understand. |
|
01:17:45:11 |
PETRO |
He is a soldier of Ukrainian army |
|
01:17:49:00 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
(on video call) ARTUR NURIEV PETRO'S FRIEND |
|
01:17:50:08 |
PETRO |
and it's really a serious situation. |
|
01:17:54:10 |
ARTUR [over video call] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Fuck, I was in Mykolayiv three days ago, fuck. |
|
01:17:57:08 |
ARTUR [over video call] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We were fucking shelled with Grads (truck-mounted multiple rocket launch system), |
|
01:17:59:16 |
ARTUR [over video call] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Iskanders (missiles), artillery, with fucking everything, all that shit. |
|
01:18:03:02 |
ARTUR [over video call] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] If you told me earlier... (indistinct)... |
|
01:18:05:11 |
PETRO [into video call] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Well, that sucks. |
|
01:18:06:18 |
ARTUR [over video call] |
[in Ukrainian] I would record a video for you. |
|
01:18:08:04 |
PETRO [into video call] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] It's fine. The most important thing is that you are OK. |
|
01:18:11:02 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] First thing I do in the morning, before any other thought, |
|
01:18:13:15 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] is that I take my phone and call my mom. |
|
01:18:17:13 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] To ask this difficult question: "Is everybody alive?" |
|
01:18:22:09 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Have all of the cousins called back from the war? |
|
01:18:26:16 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I can say that there are no other conversations anymore; |
|
01:18:30:12 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] just one question - and one sentence in response. That's it. |
|
01:18:34:22 |
PETRO [OS/ON/OS] |
We didn't understand what's happened. Why Russian braza...nation began the war. It's like if Canada will attack USA, it's unreal. It's impossible. Sometimes I feel that it's like a funny game for them, like Civilization or I don't know. But like a strategy on computer. They don't understand that they kill people. A lot of people. They kill children. They destroy property. |
|
01:19:22:20 |
ANTONINA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] It's about raped people, about kids being shot directly in the face... |
|
01:19:29:13 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] ...about animals torn into pieces in the streets. |
|
01:19:34:03 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Good God! What kind of war is this? |
|
01:19:35:21 |
ON-SCREEN TEXT [on signage] |
JUST DO IT GIVE PEACE A CHANCE |
|
01:19:37:16 |
ANTONINA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Who is waging this war? |
|
01:19:40:16 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] They are just butchers! |
|
01:19:42:09 |
ILLIA [ON/OS] |
Ukraine will win the war. Like one hundred percent. But it would be a long time to rebuild everything which is destroyed. |
|
01:19:56:12 |
MYKOLA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] In order to cope with all of this, you have to have a goal. |
|
01:20:01:00 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] First goal is everybody in my family to be healthy, right... |
|
01:20:06:14 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] That way, I digest all the information, right, |
|
01:20:10:17 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] and I'm trying to forward on to my children and family only the positive information. |
|
01:20:10:17 |
ON-SCREEN TEXT [on newspaper] |
THE WORLD 1 MN FLEE UKRAINE AS RUSSIA BOMBS KEY CITIES DISABLED ORPHANS FLEEING KYIV LAND IN POLAND, HUNGARY |
|
01:20:15:02 |
ON-SCREEN TEXT [on newspaper] |
LAY DOWN ARMS, SAYS RUSSIA ON TALKS OFFER |
|
01:20:19:14 |
MYKOLA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I do it because when there is psychological stress, |
|
01:20:23:13 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] it causes psychoses, and psychoses lead to illnesses. |
|
01:20:28:19 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I...I think this is wild. Ukrainians did not deserve this. |
|
01:20:34:22 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We...we go to church, we pray to God. |
|
01:20:39:15 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I...I don't know how all of this could have happened. |
|
01:20:43:15 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We did not do anything bad, anything criminal. |
|
01:20:48:19 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] What do you want to say about Cherkasy? |
|
01:20:51:07 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Do you want to go to Cherkasy now? |
|
01:20:54:17 |
BOHDANA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I would want to because I miss... |
|
01:20:57:10 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And you miss, tell us please, Bohdana... |
|
01:21:00:13 |
BOHDANA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I miss Liudmyla Mykolaiivna, I miss Elia and Albina. |
|
01:21:05:02 |
PETRO [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] That's a teacher in her school and her friends, girls. |
|
01:21:10:10 |
YARYNKA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I miss...my trophies, my prize places. |
|
01:21:15:09 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] In Ukraine, Yarynka was practicing ballroom dancing. |
|
01:21:19:12 |
ANTONINA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] They were dancing together with her friend Plato and |
|
01:21:23:06 |
ANTONINA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] they were taking prize-winning places and even had prize cups. |
|
01:21:26:10 |
ANTONINA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We left it all behind in Ukraine and Yarynka misses it. |
|
01:21:31:02 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Right? |
|
01:21:33:02 |
KOLYA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] In Kyiv, in Ukraine. |
|
01:21:36:04 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] What? |
|
01:21:37:11 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] What? |
|
01:21:38:11 |
KOLYA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] War. |
|
01:21:39:21 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And do you want to go home? |
|
01:21:41:09 |
KOLYA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Yes. |
|
01:21:42:16 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Where do you want to go? Tell us. What do you... |
|
01:21:44:22 |
KOLYA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Home, in Cherkasy. |
|
01:21:47:09 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] My mom - she is a very sensitive person and... |
|
01:21:53:21 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] after going through all that fear in the cellar... |
|
01:21:58:01 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] when she was running from the cellar to the car to leave... |
|
01:22:03:20 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] she couldn't even pick up her head... |
|
01:22:08:07 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] to look at the remains of the house and the barn. |
|
01:22:13:00 |
ANTONINA |
[cries] |
|
01:22:26:08 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] My heart, my soul is torn in two parts. |
|
01:22:30:23 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] One part wants to be here with my children, with my family, |
|
01:22:36:23 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] another part - I have brothers who are in Ukraine - |
|
01:22:40:21 |
MYKOLA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I want to be with them, right? Relatives are there, friends. |
|
01:22:46:04 |
MYKOLA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And also helping, helping as a doctor. |
|
01:22:49:14 |
ANTONINA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] If the war is not over, I will not bring my kids back. |
|
01:22:58:00 |
ANTONINA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] When it comes to my parents, |
|
01:23:00:08 |
ANTONINA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] if it is in my power, |
|
01:23:02:14 |
ANTONINA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I will do everything I can for them to be near me. |
|
01:23:08:12 |
OLHA [OS/ON] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Two months ago we... |
|
01:23:12:11 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we... |
|
01:23:15:01 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we were living our happy life, |
|
01:23:18:04 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] [my] husband was working on his dissertation to receive his PhD. |
|
01:23:27:08 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I felt I was needed by people as a doctor. |
|
01:23:35:17 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] I was watching our kids growing and developing so great. |
|
01:23:41:04 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We were dreaming of a bigger house. |
|
01:23:48:19 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We were dreaming of a trip to the sea, |
|
01:23:53:21 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] to the conference, |
|
01:23:55:17 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we wanted to show the world to our kids. |
|
01:23:59:20 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] We were dreaming of traveling. |
|
01:24:05:09 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Before the war our kids had never been on a plane |
|
01:24:11:09 |
OLHA [OS] [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] and when they saw a plane, they used to say: |
|
01:24:14:05 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] "Mom, we will fly to the sea! When will that be?" |
|
01:24:19:13 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] And... |
|
01:24:23:17 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] and on February 24th... |
|
01:24:28:05 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] we understood |
|
01:24:29:22 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] that a tragedy happened, |
|
01:24:32:14 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] huge tragedy, |
|
01:24:34:14 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] and our life will, |
|
01:24:36:13 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] in fact, |
|
01:24:38:06 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] never be the same. |
|
01:24:44:17 |
SFX |
[birds chirping] |
|
01:24:51:19 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
ON MAY 14TH, THE KOVALCHUK FAMILY MOVED TO THEIR THIRD TEMPORARY HOME SINCE ARRIVING IN THE USA. |
|
01:24:58:11 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Kolya, help! Kolya, hold it! |
|
01:25:01:21 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Hold it here! |
|
01:25:20:06 |
GIL [OS] |
Is there a song that best describes what your journey has been like? Is--is there a song, Ukrainian, American, something that you just like think or hum or sing to yourself or your kids? |
|
01:25:36:18 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] Our favorite lullaby from Ukraine and |
|
01:25:41:23 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[in Ukrainian] it's the first one that comes to my mind... |
|
01:25:49:06 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[singing in Ukrainian] Right behind the window |
|
01:25:51:20 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[singing in Ukrainian] Little cherry tree won't sleep, |
|
01:25:53:20 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[singing in Ukrainian] Asks to come inside |
|
01:25:55:21 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[singing in Ukrainian] Because the winter has come |
|
01:26:00:17 |
OLHA [subtitle] |
[singing in Ukrainian] I don't remember the lyrics after that... |
|
01:26:13:16 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
More than 12 million Ukrainians have been displaced by the Russian invasion. |
|
01:26:19:17 |
NARRATIVE TITLE |
This is Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. |
|
01:26:26:20 |
MAIN TITLE |
DISPLACED |
|
01:26:28:12 |
SONG |
[song in Ukrainian] |
|
01:26:33:08 |
END CREDITS |
DIRECTED BY GIL CATES, JR. |
|
01:26:37:08 |
END CREDITS |
PRODUCED BY GIL CATES, JR. MICHELLE SHNAIDER |
|
01:26:41:18 |
END CREDITS |
EDITED BY DON MONEY |
|
01:26:46:04 |
END CREDITS |
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY RAMON GARCIA |
|
01:26:50:06 |
END CREDITS |
MUSIC BY CHED TOLLIVER |
|
01:26:54:09 |
END CREDITS |
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HOWARD TENENBAUM |
|
01:26:58:19 |
END CREDITS |
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS RAMON GARCIA KATERYNA PARSHUKOVA |
|
01:27:03:02 |
END CREDITS |
FEATURING PETRO KOVALCHUK |
|
01:27:07:05 |
END CREDITS |
OLHA KOVALCHUK |
|
01:27:11:15 |
END CREDITS |
MYKOLA KOVALCHUK |
|
01:27:15:20 |
END CREDITS |
ANTONINA KOVALCHUK |
|
01:27:20:02 |
END CREDITS |
ILLIA MALIARCHYK |
|
01:27:24:03 |
END CREDITS |
BOHDANA KOVALCHUK |
|
01:27:28:14 |
END CREDITS |
MYKOLA KOVALCHUK |
|
01:27:32:22 |
END CREDITS |
IVAN KOVALCHUK |
|
01:27:37:05 |
END CREDITS |
YARYNA KOVALCHUK |
|
01:27:42:20 |
|
[rolling end credits] |
|
01:28:36:08 |
|
LAST FRAME OF PICTURE |
