Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

2015 "The Next Generation Of Revolution"
8.3| 1h38m| en| More Info
Released: 03 September 2015 Released
Producted By: Passion Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.netflix.com/title/80031666
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A documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.

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Harhaluulo54 > Anarchists have illegal protest> Get surrounded by police officers> Anarchists try to murder these polices in numbers by driving a loader in the police lines > Police uses teargas > We anarchists are the victim here, this proves we live in corrupted police stateThis "documentary" does an amazing job capturing the mindset and intelligence of leftist activists. The terrible waste of potential is eating me up. This could have been the best documentary I have ever seen if it wasn't for the black'n white propaganda. In all fairness, if you just skip all the interviews, narration, subtitles and explanations - you get to see some absolutely incredible footage. The bad thing is those biased, pre-reasoned views. The most shocking part from the riots I ever saw was a video were these anarchists threw mollies in the police lines. Those burning police officers really will remain in my memories for the rest of my life. None of the brutality and evil these police went thru simply is not in this "documentary" because it mainly aims to make them look bad and anarchists to look good. I can never forgive these lies I saw in the film. Some reviewers here say they were in the anarchists side and that this film is therefore accurate. But these people only saw it from their own point of view back then and the viewer will now see it from their view too. It is very unfair and dishonest. It could be good natural documentary if it was narrated by David Attenborough and told in the names of natural behavior and not via political one-sided agendas. It could have been worthy even with a little bit of balance from other point of views. It would have been much better if every person that spoke in it had not said a word. I still recommend watching it, but beware, if you are well-informed, you will hate these people and if you are not well-informed, you will be misinformed.
Fabián Mendoza Corredor The first thing that I have to say, maybe 103 minutes are not enough to tell everything about this event, but documentary's director have made an amazing job with this film, I have watched perfect images from a dangerous environment. Now, the documentary shows us two faces of the people. I haven't seen an army as coldness as this one presented in the film. They have faced people that fight for their rights, the citizens have explode, they are tired of those people that cheat them. The other face has come from citizens, the have been united to claim for a free nation, they have shown the love for a real nation. I feel proud of this kind of people. Passion can make us to do the things better or worst, that's what I liked from Ucranian citizens. "Feel free to experiment a lot of emotions in this film, feel free, because freedom is the last thing to lose".
fossibilities It gets two stars for the beautiful cinematography. But that's all. If you have been following the events in Ukraine, most of the footage will be familiar to you. If you have never seen the beauty of Kiev, or the awesomeness of the Ukrainian people; this film will give you a wonderful introduction. But the extreme Pro-Western slant is nothing short of propaganda. If you know the truth, you will be very frustrated with this film. How will you feel? Like a Christian watching "Noah", or a worker from NASA watching "Capricorn One".It is what it is: a film by Ukrainians who want to show only their side of the story.
ligonlaw This documentary is raw and bloody, and it describes the internal struggle of the Ukrainian people to overthrow a dictator who betrayed them. Ukraine wanted to become part of the European Union and to move away from Putin's Russia in late 2013. The pro-Russian leader of the Ukraine Victor Yanukovich stunned the people of his country by refusing to sign an agreement to join the EU and, instead, endorsed a plan to become part of Putin's Russian alliance. The Ukrainian people took to the streets of the capital city. What followed was a bloodbath as armed troops murdered unarmed civilians. The film shows an incredible degree of courage and determination to fight back against the government troops even when much blood was running in the streets.As the people took to the streets in greater numbers, Yanukovych assumed greater dictatorial power through the Parliament and attempted to rule an unwilling public through force. The film covers a period of about 90 days from the beginning of the uprising to the resignation of Yanukovych, who fled to Russia for protection from his people. The government escalated the violence throughout the uprising, but the Ukrainians were relentless in pursuit of a free country and their desire to become part of the European Union.I wonder why we didn't get much news about this in our media, although I am grateful that we got the full story on the Kardashians while this was happening. Is Lamar out of rehab yet?