UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, September 16:  Film - Pivden ‘23, Emmanuel Church Library, 42 Dearborn St., Newport, 7 PM. Suggested donation $10.

Introduction and Q&A with director Dennis Lynch. Donations will fund jumanitarian aid and support for the children of Ukraine.

Pivden ‘23 is a 31-minute independent film shot in late 2023 across Ukraine's Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions. Volunteers, artists, teachers, officials, and others tell in stark truth the impact Russia's invasion has had on them and their communities.

Director Statement

Pivden '23 is my first documentary project. I went to Ukraine wanting to better understand the experiences of people there and give them a platform to share their realities with the world.

I plan to return to Ukraine to follow up with some of the subjects in Pivden '23. Some of them have lost loved ones and property since then. The situation has only worsened even for those that remain "untouched" by the war.