Trek to Bucha 2
BACK TO BUCHA
“Thank you for sharing this brilliant documentary...Every bit of it is moving, authentic, heartfelt.”
- Alex Kuzma, Chief Development Officer, UCU Foundation
- Alex Kuzma, Chief Development Officer, UCU Foundation
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Trailer
Check out the trailer by clicking here! |
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Finding the Spirit in Ukraine.
In January 2023, documentarian Steve Richards went to Ukraine to shoot Back to Bucha, his second film about the war in Ukraine. His first, Trek to Bucha, was shot in March and April 2022 during the war’s early days. Back to Bucha revisits those Richards met on his original journey plus additional clergy and many others. It features women and their children who have moved back to build their families in their own homes, in their own country. It also features the perspectives of Ukraine’s diverse religious communities' leaders and the young men of Ukraine. The stories and images are from people like us caught in a war few imagined. The film takes us into their world as they are living it. Breaking the limitations of network news coverage, it gives us more than quick sound bites of victims. As we hear stories of gratitude, it’s easy to see the Spirit taking Richards from one rendezvous to another capturing the inspirational within the realities of what is happening there. |
The Director
Steve Richards directs and produces all of TheoEco’s documentaries. He went to Ukraine to film Trek to Bucha in late March 2022 for a month-long shoot that is the basis for the film. With five documentaries under his belt, he started TheoEco in 2015. (For his filmography click here.) |
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Screenings
Screen Back to Bucha for Your Group If you have a group that wants to be entertained, informed, and inspired click here.
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Check out the Back to Bucha Deck.
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Select Posts and Video from Ukraine in the Winter of 2023...
You might think this is a story and video about a Kindergarten anywhere in the USA. Until you get to the bomb shelter.
In Ukraine no one has a normal life. What is normal? A mother’s instinct to raise her children in her home, in safety and in school. For more click here.
In Ukraine no one has a normal life. What is normal? A mother’s instinct to raise her children in her home, in safety and in school. For more click here.
Lots of Spirit in Bucha and Irpin Driving the Recovery.
One visit to Jul’s Coffee and Peace (formerly Jul’s Coffee and Wine) tells you about all you need to know about Bucha – and Ukraine’s – spirit, and the reality of its economics. For more click here.
One visit to Jul’s Coffee and Peace (formerly Jul’s Coffee and Wine) tells you about all you need to know about Bucha – and Ukraine’s – spirit, and the reality of its economics. For more click here.
Finding the Spirit in Ukraine - From a Coffee Shop to a Church to a Bistro to a Cathedral.
I’ve visited a 1,000-year-old Orthodox monastery, a Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, and the most infamous building in Ukraine – St. Andrew’s Orthodox Church in Bucha. I even found a German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kyiv. For more click here.
I’ve visited a 1,000-year-old Orthodox monastery, a Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, and the most infamous building in Ukraine – St. Andrew’s Orthodox Church in Bucha. I even found a German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kyiv. For more click here.
Our Partners
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Ukrainian Catholic University
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In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance. - Phillis Wheatley - 1774