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August 17, 9:32 am

Movie about last days of dissident Vasyl Stus’s life mired in controversy

By Mark Raczkiewycz8 Mins Read

stusfilm.com.ua

Ukrainian actor Dmytro Yaroshenko during a scene in which he portrays Ukrainian poet and human rights defender Vasyl Stus for a movie that is scheduled to premiere on February 28, 2019.

KYIV – Controversy is swirling over a biopic film about the last days of Ukrainian poet and human rights activist Vasyl Stus, who died in 1985 at the age of 47 in a forced labor camp, where he was imprisoned for defying Soviet authorities and advocating Ukraine’s self-determination.

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