"20 Days in Mariupol": doctors-heroes of the film, nominated for Oscar 2024, at the Museum of Civilian Voices of Rinat Akhmetov Foundation
Doctors in Mariupol saved people under fire and between bombardments until the last possible moment. They operated without water and electricity and slept in the corridor of the operating theatre. Several doctors became the protagonists of the film "20 Days in Mariupol". The Museum of Civilian Voices of Rinat Akhmetov Foundation has collected their stories in a separate collection. You can find it at https://bit.ly/437onRq
Oleksandr Bielash, head of the anaesthesiology department, recalls that patients were counted only on the first day. After that, it simply made no sense. It was during the resuscitation of little Eva, who was the first child to die, that he addressed putin. Oleksandr's story: https://bit.ly/4cioqhI
Tymur Chumaryn left Mariupol in mid-March. His friends informed him in time that he, a surgeon, was wanted by the so-called 'Donetsk People's Republic'. Before that, the doctor had been living at work for several weeks and saving people. Tymur's story: https://bit.ly/3wNfLUd
On March 12, Russian soldiers entered the hospital where Ihor Zolotous worked. They asked if there were any Ukrainian soldiers. The day before, Azov had taken its wounded out of the hospital, but there were our defenders from other units in the wards... Ihor's story: https://bit.ly/4c6FqqY
"20 Days in Mariupol" is a film by director and war correspondent Mstyslav Chernov. From the first hours of the full-scale war, he, along with his colleagues Vasylyna Stepanenko and Yevhen Malolietka, filmed footage that later became symbols of the war. The film is currently nominated for Best Documentary at Oscar 2024. Since independence, this is the first Ukrainian film by a Ukrainian director to receive such a nomination.
The museum collects and preserves stories of Ukrainians about their experiences during the war. Its archive contains more than 100,000 stories. Tell your story about the war on the Museum's portal https://civilvoicesmuseum.org/ or on the free hotline 0 (800) 509 001.
