Sean Penn’s Ukraine Documentary ‘Superpower’ To Air Free On YouTube; Pic Shows Volodymyr Zelensky-Led Struggle Vs Vladimir Putin & Russia
deadline.comThe Paramount+ original documentary Superpower, the once launched last year on Paramount + by co-directors Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman, today begins airing on YouTube.
All you’ve got to pay is attention. The deal allows audiences across YouTube’s massive footprint to watch the moving story centered on Ukraine’s fight to maintain freedom from Russia.
Superpower is a heart-wrenching glimpse into a country fighting for its freedom, featuring a series of intimate interviews done by Penn with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and others from seven trips over nearly a two-year period. “Rarely do you get to be an eyewitness to history as (Sean) Penn did with President Zelensky in his bunker as Russian bombs exploded over Kyiv,” says Susan Zirinsky, President of See it Now Studios. “The film is so powerful and immersive because of Penn’s journey meeting families who have lost everything, bombed out apartments, schools and to the front lines where soldiers were putting their lives on the line.
Penn understands that the world had changed.” Said Penn: “To make this film available for free has been my dream from the beginning and I’m incredibly grateful to so many colleagues for their will and grace to make this happen.
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