On May 20-21, 2017, IZOLYATSIA is taking part in the Book Arsenal, presenting a special programme that will include a range of events as a part of the research project Donbas studies, namely: presentation of the book Donbas. First Line and a panel discussion; a lecture of the Ukrainian author Lyubov Yakymchuk Decomposition. How the war tells the stories; premiere of the documentary Miners’ Stories and the discussion Miners’ stories from the east and west of Ukraine: similarities and peculiarities.

Sunday, 21.05, 16:00-17:30
Location: Movie Hall №2
Screening of the documentary film Miners’ stories and discussion Miners’ stories from the east and west of Ukraine: similarities and peculiarities

Premiere of the documentary Miners’ stories, based on the life of miners from Lviv and Donetsk regions. The film screening will be followed by an open discussion Miner’s stories from the east and west of Ukraine: similarities and peculiarities, featuring the director and the crew.

Participants of the discussion: Ksenia Kuzina (historian), Piotr Armyanovsky (director), Maria Voronchuk (author of the idea), Oleksa Stasevych (project manager)

The moderator: Dmitry Chepurnoy

Moreover, during the day a multimedia exhibition of the miners’ stories will be on display at the location. Short videos based on the stories collected in mining towns in Lviv and Donetsk regions will be available on a touch screen interactive map.

The documentary is the result of the collaboration between the Initiatives of Change International NGO, Our Future NGO, and the volunteers of the project Miners’ stories: from the east and west of Ukraine in summer 2016.

All the events will take place at Mystetskyi Arsenal, 12 Lavrska Street.