Ukraine House in Denmark, The Reckoning Project and the Public Interest Journalism Lab invite you to a screening of the full version of the documentary film Big Water by Anna Tsygyma and Anna Mamonova on the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station explosion.
After the screening, guests will have the opportunity to talk to the filmmakers and witnesses
On 6 June 2023, the Russian military blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. Thousands of cubic metres of water from the Kakhovka reservoir flooded dozens of villages and towns. The government announced an evacuation. Anna Tsygyma and Anna Mamonova made a series of visits to Kherson to document the stories of the Environmental State Service representatives who go every day to collect evidence of the Russian war crime.
When the water from the Kakhovka dam flooded Kherson, Maksym retrieved the bodies of the dead. Svitlana and Valentyna sailed on a boat to collect water samples to check whether it was poisonous. Oleg helped residents stock up on drinking water. They are employees of the State Ecological Inspectorate of the Southern Region in Kherson. Their work is invisible: people in bulletproof vests collect water and soil in flasks under fire. Together with the Prosecutor General's Office, they are collecting evidence in the case of ecocide due to the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam on 6 June 2023. This is a film about what it's like to investigate a crime when you are the victim and when the full extent of the disaster's consequences will only become clear years later.
After the screening, guests will have the opportunity to talk to the filmmakers and witnesses
On 6 June 2023, the Russian military blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. Thousands of cubic metres of water from the Kakhovka reservoir flooded dozens of villages and towns. The government announced an evacuation. Anna Tsygyma and Anna Mamonova made a series of visits to Kherson to document the stories of the Environmental State Service representatives who go every day to collect evidence of the Russian war crime.
When the water from the Kakhovka dam flooded Kherson, Maksym retrieved the bodies of the dead. Svitlana and Valentyna sailed on a boat to collect water samples to check whether it was poisonous. Oleg helped residents stock up on drinking water. They are employees of the State Ecological Inspectorate of the Southern Region in Kherson. Their work is invisible: people in bulletproof vests collect water and soil in flasks under fire. Together with the Prosecutor General's Office, they are collecting evidence in the case of ecocide due to the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam on 6 June 2023. This is a film about what it's like to investigate a crime when you are the victim and when the full extent of the disaster's consequences will only become clear years later.