Back to Bucha – Sasha Romantsova to be on the Platform at Boston Screening Oct 1st

Executive director of Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, she will also participate in the Q&A after the film. We are thrilled to have her.

The United Nations Development Programme posted this about her earlier this spring:

“Appalled by the brutal dispersal by riot police at a peaceful student camp in Kyiv in late 2013, Romantsova realized she wanted more than just to attend protest rallies. As a volunteer, she joined the Center for Civil Liberties, where she first learned about human rights. Later, she became its executive director  - and a world-renowned human rights advocate. From call-center to Nobel Peace Prize: Meet human rights activist Oleksandra Romantsova | United Nations Development Programme (undp.org)

​The Center for Civil Liberties is currently working on documenting war crimes in Ukraine. They are the first Ukrainian organization or person to be bestowed this prestigious award; and Sasha personally has been to Bucha on behalf of CCL and their war crime documentation activities.

Here’s the tentative schedule for the afternoon program:

• 12:30 - Opening remarks
• 12:40 - Valeriia Vovk performance 
• 1:00 - Back to Bucha Screening
• 2:00 - Sasha Romantsova address
• 2:15 - Q&A including virtual guests from Ukraine
• 3:00 - Close

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Ukrainian cuisine will be available for purchase. This screening will also feature newly installed Ukrainian captions.

This is a donation driven event. Admission is free though donations are encouraged. Space is limited so please register and donate by clicking here.