
Killed by the Soviet authorities
1989, 49 min
State-owned enterprise “Ukrainian Television Film Studio ”Ukrtelevizija," 1989.
The documentary film “And Our Voice Will Be Heard by the World” is dedicated to Ukrainian writers who were killed by the Soviet authorities—Mykola Kulish, Mike Johansen, Mykola Khvylovy, Grigory Kosynka, Mikhail Semenko, Yevgeny Pluzhnik, Valerian Pidmohylny, Mykola Zerov, Grigory Epic, Vasily Mysyk, and Vladimir Sosyura.
The video features: opening credits, commentary by prose writer Vasyl Mink, archival newsreels, footage of Kharkiv, a speech by writer Dmytro Pavlychko, actress Natalia Uzhvi posing as Kateryna for the monument to Taras Shevchenko in Kharkiv, commentary by the wife of writer Mykhailo Semenko — Lilia, the railway, cases against writers, a letter from Valerian Pidmohylny from Solovki, propaganda Solovetsky chronicle, an excerpt from Mykola Zerov's translation of Byron's poem, Baikove warehouse, footage from the feature film “The Zone” based on Mykola Kulish's play, commentary by film director Mykola Mashchenko, the Solovetsky Theater, recitation of poems by poet Volodymyr Sosiura, archival photographs.