A group of Canora residents gathered for a movie screening at the Canora Heritage Ukrainian Museum on November 23 to mark the 84th anniversary of the Holodomor Famine Genocide, said Dorothy Korol, president, Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Canora branch.
November is the month of remembrance and it brings to mind the story of the Holodomor, which in Ukrainian means “extermination by hunger,” according to a release from the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium.
“The Holodomor Genocidal Famine was perpetuated by the policies of Joseph Stalin and his Soviet regime in Ukraine in the years 1932-33. Death inflicted by the starvation of millions of people, especially children, has left its mark on survivors and their descendants in both Canada and the Ukraine,” said the release.
The movie shown at the screening was Bitter Harvest, based on a true story.
According to the movie’s website, the movie is “a powerful story of love, honour, rebellion and survival as seen through the eyes of two young lovers caught in the ravages of Joseph Stalin’s genocidal policies against Ukraine in the 1930s.”
Korol said those at the screening found it to be a very violent and sad movie, and it appeared to be historically accurate.
