10
Artdoc rating
The acclaimed documentary ALMOST HOLY tells the story of Gennadiy Mohknenko, a Ukrainian pastor who has taken up the fight against child homelessness by forcibly abducting street kids and bringing them to his private rehabilitation center. Gennadiy's ongoing efforts and unabashedly tough love approach to his city's problems has made him a folk hero to some, and a lawless vigilante to others. Using gripping footage that follows the self-appointed savior's mission over the course of fifteen years, interspersing imagery from a popular Soviet animated TV show; ALMOST HOLY is a bold and captivating portrait of a man fighting to change Ukraine for the better, as its place in a tense political landscape hangs in the balance.
Authors
Film crew
- Director
- Steve Hoover
- Screen writer
- Steve Hoover
- Operator
- John Pope
- Producer
- Danny Yurd
- Sound producer
- George Simpson
MOVIE ABOUT
- Theme
- Children, Human rights, Politics, War, Portrait
- Country
- USA
- Film studio
- Animal (animaleast.com)
- Genre
- Drama, Essay
- Country of action
- Ukraine
- Place of action
- Mariupol
- Period of action
- 2012, 2015
- Festivals
- Artdocfest 2015
- TVPG
- 16+
- Languages
- Russian
- Subtitles
- English
Tags
Мариуполь
Беспризорники
Воспитание
Священник
Мохненко
Приют
Война