‘Silence and Thunder. Vasyl Symonenko’

2015, National Television Company of Ukraine. A programme from the series ‘Ukrainian Dream’ dedicated to the life and work of Ukrainian poet Vasyl Symonenko, a member of the Shistdesiatnyky (Sixties) literary movement. Hosted by Yurii Shapoval.

The video features: opening credits, archival footage of historical events in Ukrainian history, black-and-white newsreels, Vasyl Symonenko's books, poetry recitations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the writer's letters and documents, and Vasyl Symonenko's childhood home.

The writer is discussed by: director and public figure Les Taniuk; writer Ivan Drach; writer Petro Zasenko.

Author: Yurii Shapoval.