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Slovo House at The Curzon
29 April 2018, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm
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Watch a screening of Slovo House at The Curzon, followed by a talk with Dr Uilleam Blacker (UCL SSEES). This is not a UCL European Institute event.
Sunday 29 April 2018, 4pm-6pm
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Sunday 29 April, 4pm-6pm |
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The Curzon, Bloomsbury |
Description
Designed in the late 1920s in Ukraine's then-capital city of Kharkiv, Slovo House was built with the personal approval of Stalin as a communist haven for lauded Ukrainian writers. But as the Ukrainian art revival soured, and state control tightened, the writers faced a harrowing fate.
Taras Tomenko's gripping film conjures up the vibrant community of Slovo House in its heyday, and traces how this supposed paradise turned into a living hell.
This screening is presented in partnership with Ukrainian Institute, and followed by a talk with Dr Uilleam Blacker, lecturer in Comparative Russian and East European Culture at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.
Tickets for the screening range from £10-£12.50 and can be purchased with The Curzon online. This is not a UCL European Institute event.