All Things Ablaze
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All Things Ablaze

Ukraine. Winter 2013-2014. Witnessing from the middle of the fire.

6.5 / 10 2014 1h 21mNR Ukrainian
Documentary

Storyline

What does the violent heart of revolution feel like? As the anger and hatred glow white hot is there a language its players use to speak to one another? And what becomes of the gun toting authorities when their fiefdom is destroyed, nobody is any longer afraid, and all things are ablaze? Just some of the questions addressed in this visceral documentary from Maidan square in the violent Ukrainian winter of 2013-14.

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Oleksandr Techynskyi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. All Things Ablaze is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker