Film screening “Yona. Hungry Delirium” and public discussion “The Famine of 1946–1947: Facts, Oral History, Interpretation”
On January 16, 2025, at 4:00 PM, a comprehensive event will be held at the National Museum of the Holodomor Genocide. It will combine a screening of the documentary film “Yona. Hungry Delirium” with a public conversation on “The Famine of 1946–1947: Facts, Oral History, Interpretation.”
Our speakers:
Viktor Krupyna –Senior Researcher, Department of History of Ukraine in the Second Half of the 20th Century, Institute of History of Ukraine, NAS of Ukraine, PhD.
Yona Tukuser – Ukrainian artist of Bulgarian origin who explores the theme of intentionally created famine through art.
Yuliia Kotsur – Head of the Holodomor Oral History Department of the National Museum of the Holodomor Genocide, PhD.
Moderator: Svitlana Makhovska – Senior Researcher of the Department of Scientific and Archival Funds of the Museum-Archive of Folk Culture of Ukrainian Polissia of the State Scientific Center for the Protection of Cultural Heritage from Technogenic Disasters, Researcher of the Department of Special Branches of Historical Science and Electronic Information Resources of the Institute of History of Ukraine of the NAS of Ukraine, Ph.D.
«Yona. Hungry Delirium» ‒ a documentary film by Public Broadcasting about the transformation of Yona Tukuser, a Ukrainian artist of Bulgarian origin, who explores the theme of the Holodomor and the famine of 1946–1947 in the Odesa region through art. The film explores the connection between personal tragedies and national memory in Yona’s work. For over a decade, she has researched the Holodomor, the man-made famine that occurred in 1946–1947, and its lasting impact on Ukrainian Bulgarians. To support her research, Yona has gathered evidence of the deaths caused by the famine among Bessarabian and Tavrian Bulgarians, as well as documented eyewitness accounts.
After the film screening, there will be a discussion about the causes, mechanisms, and consequences of the mass man-made famine of 1946–1947, particularly in Southern Ukraine.
This is one of the least studied pages of Ukrainian history. Visitors will have the opportunity to talk with the main character of the film, Ms Yona Tukuser. As part of the event, she will transfer to the Museum’s archive approximately 80 interviews recorded with eyewitnesses – residents of various villages of Bolhrad, Izmail and Artsyz districts of the Odessa region.
The result will be a conversation about oral history, the methodology of collecting testimony, the formation of collections of oral history interviews, and the importance of documenting the crimes of Russians in the occupied territories.
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Venue: Hall of Memory of the National Museum of the Holodomor Genocide
(Kyiv, 3 Lavrska str).
Admission is free with prior registration. You can register at the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MwGxqQ-T8fpgfVMlnB6UbFhaqZSAjx5UXEHEE-jWIXg/edit#responses.