Schools of Survival: Gornostai Probes the Resiliency of Ukraine’s Education System During Wartime
Despite reflecting the distressing normalization of wartime on an entire generation of Ukraine’s youth, there’s a semblance of hopefulness in Kateryna Gornostai’s Timestamp, a documentary which was shot across 2023/2024 throughout the country as Russia’s continued aggression re-shapes day-to-day experiences. What’s hopeful remains in the resiliency of ongoing education for children who aren’t able to attend in-person classes, either because of ongoing air raids or, in some cities, where school houses have not yet been rebuilt. A self-professed mosaic presentation, the film drifts between various Ukrainian cities, confirming their status as liberated or destroyed, as well as their distance from ongoing war zones.… Read the rest
