My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities (2001)

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.

Released Jan. 1, 2001 53 min None+

Genres: Biography, Documentary, History

Keywords: tmdb.grandparent-grandchild-relationship, tmdb.feminism, tmdb.grandmother, tmdb.woman-director, tmdb.ukrainian-village, imdb.grandmother-granddaughter-relationship, imdb.heritage + 9 more, imdb.ukrainian-history, imdb.misspelling-in-title, imdb.typo-in-title, imdb.europe, imdb.eastern-europe, imdb.ukraine, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.lesbian, imdb.village