Sergei Loznitsa’s fixed camera captures the tragedy of the protests in Kiev’s Independence Square with haunting intensityThis film from Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa it is a remarkable record of the popular demonstration in Kiev’s Independence Square (the Maidan Nezalezhnosti) during the winter of 2013-14, against the pro-Moscow presidency of Viktor Yanukovych. The protests led to his downfall, and to violent chaos, the deaths of 100 protesters and the start of the ongoing confrontation between pro-Russian and pro-EU factions. With no music or voiceover, Loznitsa captures the event with a series of long, uninterrupted shots of the crowded square and neighbouring …read more
Source: The Guardian
