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20 Days in Mariupol

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As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.

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20 Days in Mariupol offers a grueling but vital look at the devastating impact of war.

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Camilla Long The Times (UK) 03/18/2024
This film is horrible, searing, a pristine example of objectivity; it is shockingly graphic. It should be taught in every journalism school, watched in every living room. Go to Full Review Linda Holmes NPR 02/29/2024
The act of editing all this footage down to about an hour and a half has to have been hugely challenging, but the result is outstanding. Go to Full Review Linda Marric HeyUGuys 01/25/2024
5/5
The film is a cinematic tour de force that transcends the boundaries of traditional documentary-making, delivering a visceral and unforgettable account of war. 20 Days in Mariupol stands as one of the most impactful documentaries of our time. Go to Full Review John Stark Mac the Movie Guy Mar 20
98/100
Harrowing footage capturing real chaos, real death, and the ever present sense of an uncertain tomorrow. No one set out to make this, but by keeping the cameras there they captured the devastation, and also the resilience in the face of fear. Go to Full Review Leonardo Garcia Tsao La Jornada 02/11/2025
20 Days in Mariupol is the most heartbreaking and urgent thing you can see now...[Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film 04/16/2024
4.5/5
An intense film with little respite even when no bullets are being fired. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Kyle M @RT77296778 Mar 5 Hearing about the invasion doesn’t compare to being positioned in the middle with a shocking perspective that you’ll be unprepared for, distraughtly absorbing the impacts of war that gravely affect civilians. What’s so powerful about this documentary is being so devastatingly thrilling to the point of emotional drainage when sympathizing with all that traumatic dread that was astonishingly captured firsthand per the urgent mission of exposure, especially the apocalyptic tactics militarily executed that sadly lessens hope. This photographed the danger and foreboding rawness in getting the weighing message out there, depend on how much of a reception will rescue in thwarting the nonsensical invader’s delusional lust for power, irrefutably from an innocent country. (A-) See more Anderson B. @RT73365855 Jan 19 I cried. I wept over it. See more Mickey B. @Mickerdoo Jan 6 A difficult, yet necessary watch. We see it time and time again. Should be swifter and weightier repercussions. See more Edward E @RT32044182 Sep 29 Stunning, harrowing, gruelling documentary which will leave you in no doubt what the Ukraine war is like on the ground and what atrocities were, and undoubtedly continue to be, committed, by the Russian Federation against Ukrainian citizens. See more Jordan B. @JordanJay Sep 12 Heartbreaking. Shocking. Human. Important. Slava Ukraini! Glory to Ukraine! Heroiam Slava! Glory to the heroes!! See more Gabriel E. B @elkpllan_ 03/14/2025 Devastador. Una huella más de toda guerra. See more Read all reviews
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Mstyslav Chernov

Director

Mstyslav Chernov

Narrator

Evgeniy Maloletka

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Mstyslav Chernov

Writer

Raney Aronson

Producer

Mstyslav Chernov

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20 Days in Mariupol

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Movie Info

Synopsis As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
Director
Mstyslav Chernov
Producer
Raney Aronson, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Derl McCrudden
Screenwriter
Mstyslav Chernov
Distributor
PBS Distribution
Genre
Documentary, War
Original Language
Ukrainian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 14, 2023, Limited
Runtime
1h 34m
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