The Sky Was on Fire: Ballet & War in Ukraine

Jonathan Maricle
Joan Finn Adkison

95 min.•

UkraineUnited States of America

This film tells the story of the Russian attempts to erase the culture of Ukraine – the story of ballerinas and dancers who must make a choice: to leave the country, to stay and dance, or to pick up arms and fight.

Cast

OT
Oleh Tokar
KS
Khrystyna Shyshpor
KS
Krystyna Shyshkarova
PC
Petro Chupryna
TS
Tatiana Shapoval
LT
Larysa Tarasenko
SO
Svitlana Onipka
OT
Olha Tokar
KV
Kira Vyshnevetska
O"S
Oleksandr "Sasha" Shapoval
YK
Yurii Kerpatenko
OG
Olga Golytsia
OM
Oksana Masolva
SB
Sterling Baca

Crew

JM
Jonathan Maricle
Directing
JFA
Joan Finn Adkison
Directing
JM
Julie Meyer
Production
MM
Michael Murray
Camera
MM
Michael Murray
Production
AH
Alfred Hagen
Production
JFA
Joan Finn Adkison
Writing
MG
Michael Germano
Writing
MP
Michelle Provenzano
Writing
Abi Nielson Hunsaker
Production
ES
Emil Shkulskiy
Production
JM
Jonathan Maricle
Production
DP
David Pounds
Production
MO
Martin Olarte
Production
JM
Joann Mauricette
Production
MM
Michael Murray
Crew
AO
Andrii Ovod
Crew
SS
Sasha Sokurenko
Camera
WH
Wes Hall
Camera
JG
Jada Grant
Camera
CB
Chris Beemer
Camera
AD
Alex Diehl
Camera
KG
Kevin Garcia
Camera
LS
Leo Sydorenko
Lighting
FA
Firas Al-Rikabi
Lighting
LA
Lee Adkison
Lighting
KG
Kevin Garcia
Camera
KM
Kevin Malcolm
Camera
AV
Andriy Vasovskiy
Sound
DR
Denys Ryskal
Sound
KT
Kyle Tesalona
Sound
GVM
Gaby Villafuerte Mantia
Sound
KT
Kyle Tesalona
Sound
KT
Kyle Tesalona
Sound
AK
Anatoliy Koval
Production
MO
Matvey Ostroukh
Production
OG
Oleksii Gordeichuk
Production
YM
Yanina Mospaenko
Crew
KD
Kateryna Dmytrenko
Crew
OP
Oleg Pirytin
Crew
MG
Michael Germano
Editing
MP
Michelle Provenzano
Editing
AM
Anthony Mayorga
Editing
JM
Jorge Monge
Art
JM
Jorge Monge
Crew
SS
Sydney Szymanski
Crew
DL
Dennis Larkin
Crew
DM
David Matthews
Production
DH
Dave Harrison
Editing