Video – IRINA SEDUNOVA

3 episodes about Vorkuta, the Arctic capital of the world

All films are available here: https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09h8q4d/ep1-the-remote-russian-town-that-became-a-meme

House

A short film about two families and one house. Video is available here: https://takiedela.ru/video/dom/

The last Soviet scientific utopia

Filmed and edited by Irina Sedunova

The people in Russia buying “immortality”

Produced, filmed and edited by I. Sedunova

The File Folder: aging out from foster care in Canada

Violet-Rose Pharoah has been in foster care for several years. Recently she started a blog that allows individuals who were in care to share their experiences. The blog provides children in care, and youth who are leaving care with emotional support. Violet-Rose remembers how lonely she felt when she left care, and she knows that even today many youth feelContinue reading “The File Folder: aging out from foster care in Canada”

How one woman turned her nostalgia into a business

In the Soviet Union, there was no such thing as a business or a businesswoman. Inna Mikhailov worked as a librarian and lived a simple life in Ukraine before the USSR collapsed in 1991. When Ukraine became independent, Inna and her family left their home because they “no longer recognised their country” said Mikhailov. NostalgiaContinue reading “How one woman turned her nostalgia into a business”