Family Portrait in Black and White

Family Portrait in Black and White
Film poster
Directed byJulia Ivanova
Produced byBoris Ivanov
StarringOlga Nenya
CinematographyJulia Ivanova
Stanislav Shakhov
Edited byJulia Ivanova
Production
company
Interfilm Productions
Distributed byFirst Pond Entertainment
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesCanada
Ukraine
LanguagesEnglish
Ukrainian

Family Portrait in Black and White is a Canadian-Ukrainian coproduced documentary film, directed by Julia Ivanova and released in 2011.[1] The film profiles Olga Nenya, a Ukrainian woman who has adopted a large family of biracial children, and tries to protect them from the sometimes virulent anti-African racism of rural Ukrainian society.[2]

The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.[3] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2011 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary.[4]

It was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.[5]

References

  1. ^ Chuck Bowen, "Review: Family Portrait in Black and White". Slant Magazine, July 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Neil Genzlinger, "Fostering Mixed-Race Children in Ukraine: ‘Family Portrait in Black and White’. The New York Times, July 12, 2012.
  3. ^ John DeFore, "Family Portrait in Black and White: Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter, January 28, 2011.
  4. ^ "Films about Ukrainian foster mom and California skate-punk top Hot Docs: Hot Docs awards Ukraine-set doc top Cdn prize". Canadian Press, May 6, 2011.
  5. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Cafe de Flore, A Dangerous Method lead the field for Genie Awards". Playback, January 17, 2012.


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