ABOUT THE PROJECT

LOGLINE
Young people in their 20’s stand up for truth and a free press, risking careers and lives, heading to Kyiv to work for the English language Kyiv Independent online newspaper.

SYNOPSIS
INDEPENDENT: A NEW GENERATION FIGHTS FOR TRUTH, is a feature length documentary about a new generation finding its voice in the world, and offering us all hope. In the middle of a war.

Led by one of Ukraine’s top young directors, the film producers have been granted exclusive access to the young team at the Kyiv Independent online English language media organization, just as Ukraine braces itself for the final Russian push that threatens the country’s very existence, and the world’s rule-based order.

People in their 20’s and early 30’s from all over the world have flocked to Kyiv to join the Kyiv Independent, attracting brilliant, passionate and driven young journalists and videographers. Time Magazine gave them the front cover after just a few months, writing “The Kyiv Independent has quickly become the world’s primary source for reliable English language journalism on the war in Ukraine.”

At one level the film will look at the role of independent journalism as a bastion against the misinformation and destruction of a free press that threatens democracies the world over.

At another level this film is about a generation coming of age (the COO is only 24) with the heady mix of certainty and doubt, bravado and fear that comes with youth with all its inspirational energy and passion. From investigating war crimes to rejoicing in what it is to be young as they relax on the dance floor, the film will follow the highs and lows of this inspiring generation.

The stakes could not be higher. Will the paper survive as donor fatigue sets in ? Will their country survive ? Will they survive? And what will the long term effects be on these young lives who have chosen to run toward the fight?

PROJECT TYPE Documentary Feature

DIRECTOR Alina Gorlova
SCREENWRITER Alina Gorlova, Nick Stuart
PRODUCER Nick Stuart, Tom Whitter, Cynthia Kane
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Laura Michalchyshyn, Eugene Rachkovsky, Iryna Tsilyk, Jeff Chagrin
CO-PRODUCER Olga Betko, Daria Voytenko
IMPACT PRODUCER Nick Stuart

WEBSITE nickstuartfilms.com/inproduction

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