Review of Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015) by Michal Z — 31 Jan 2016

Incredibly powerful and emotionally charged retelling of a huge display of activism, bravery and human spirit that took place not so long ago in a not too distant country. You'd think that this kind of guerrilla uprising belongs to the bygone times but when faced with broken political promises and subsequent police brutality the youth still has it in them to take their opinios to the streets. Truly inspirational stuff. I can't believe how ignorant I was towards the Ukrainian situation. The sombre narration and chilling footage of an all out warfare between unarmed students and armoured up special police forces is guaranteed to keep you boiling inside. Started watching at 3am and could not bring myself to going to sleep before watching the whole thing. The film has superb pacing and is intense throughout.

. And yeah, it's on Netflix - so you've got no excuse.