Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in Feb. 2022, Associated Press journalist Mstyslav Chernov grabbed his camera and filmed as the city of Mariupol came under heavy artillery bombarding.
The reporter intended not to make a film but to capture everything he witnessed. “It was a necessity,” Chernov says as he watched the city be reduced to ruins.
Chernov ended up recording over 30 hours of footage which showed a maternity hospital being bombed, mass graves and people looting shops for food.
That footage became the Oscar shortlisted documentary and international feature, “20 Days in Mariupol,” showing a first-hand look at the atrocities.
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