‘In The Rearview’ Arrives On VOD Platforms, Award-Winning Documentary Focused On Ukraine War’s Sudden Refugees
deadline.comMaciek Hamela’s Oscar-shortlisted documentary In the Rearview arrives on video on demand platforms this weekend — a compelling portrait of Ukrainian civilians fleeing for their lives in the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The Polish-born Hamela is both filmmaker and, in a real sense a participant in the documentary even though he is rarely glimpsed on camera.
After the brutal attack on Ukraine began, he bought a used van and drove it into Ukraine so he could transport young, old and in-between to safety across the Polish border.
Eventually, he set up a camera in the van, which recorded his passengers digesting the utter disruption of their lives in real time. “That simple viewpoint, along with roadside scenes of pickups and drop-offs, captures the moments when ordinary life ended and the deadly chaos of the Russian invasion began,” noted the New York Times reviewer Nicolas Rapold on Friday, awarding In the Rearview a Critic’s Pick designation. “[T]he van passes checkpoints, burned-out cars and disemboweled buildings while steering clear of mined roads and bombed bridges.
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