A documentary film by director Sarah McCarthy.
Executive Producer Sheila Nevins, producers are Olga Beskmelnytsina and George Chignell.
On December 3, there will be a screening of the documentary After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home, which tells the story of the illegal deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia, their separation from their parents, and attempts to bring them back home.
Deep in a forest by the Baltic Sea, a group of Ukrainian families come together to start the healing process with the help of golden retrievers and palamino horses at an animal therapy retreat. In the safety of the forest, the children’s memories of being illegally deported to Russia and their families’ struggles to rescue them are unraveled with the help of skilled and sensitive counsellors. The joy and humour the children discover during their time in the forest make it easy to forget that their stories are the reason the International Criminal Court recently issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. Nearly 20,000 abducted children remain in Russian institutions.
The film is in Ukrainian and Russian, with English subtitles. After the screening, there will be a discussion with the filmmakers in English.
For more information on the project and how to support it, visit:
https://aftertherainfilm.com
Top photo: A frame from the film by Sarah McCarthy and Sheila Nevins “After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home”
