Frontline (PBS) I Associated Press, 2024
Author(s): Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath I Frontline (PBS), Mstyslav Chernov and Derl McCrudden I Associated Press
The feature-length documentary film “20 Days in Mariupol” unflinchingly tells the harrowing firsthand accounts of an AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the city during the first several weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
As the only international reporters in the city at the time, this team of three – photographer Evgeniy Maloletka, field producer Vasilisa Stepanenko and the documentary’s Pulitzer Prize-winning filmmaker, Mstyslav Chernov – risked immense danger to show the world what was happening on the ground in Mariupol. The trio captured some of the most defining images of the war: dying children, mass graves and the bombing of a maternity hospital.
The film used Chernov’s daily news dispatches and personal footage of his own country at war to offer a vivid account of civilians caught in the crossfire of a siege. The documentary also provides a window into the experience of reporting live from a conflict zone. The impact of such journalism is far-reaching. The reporting showed the Russian government’s misinformation and counternarrative about the war and, in turn, showed the world the truth about what was happening on the ground in Ukraine.
“20 Days in Mariupol” was widely acclaimed, winning several awards and accolades including the Academy Award for Documentary Feature Film of 2023.
Article by: Leyla Shokoohe
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