Referendum on independence: youth studio “Gart”

Referendum on independence: youth studio “Gart”

1991, 81 min

Youth Studio “Hart”, broadcast on the eve of the 1991 Referendum. Program hosts: Volodymyr Nechyporuk, Oleksandr Tkachenko and Vasyl Yatsura.

A conversation about Independence. The video features a story about Ukrainian cities: Donetsk, Lviv, Odesa, the village of Dobrovelychkivka in Kirovohrad region (the geographical center of Ukraine); street surveys about what people will vote for at the Referendum and why, talk about the federal structure of Ukraine.

The program also includes a report from Estonia and Lithuania, newsreel footage about the history of Ukraine, and appeals about the referendum and independence by artist Mykhailo Derehus, academician Mykola Amosov, Archbishop Anthony of Vyshgorod and Pereyaslav, Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Filaret, Minister of Defense of Ukraine Kostyantyn Morozov, and People's Artist of Ukraine Nina Matvienko.

The program includes a video clip by Tamara Gverdtsiteli.