FOLK!
SCREENINGS
American Independence Film Festival, Kyiv Ukraine 2010
NewFilmmakers Film Festival Series at Anthology Film Archives, 2009
White Sands International Film Festival, 2009
Harriman Jewel Performing Arts Series in Kansas City, MO 2009
"Folk Art Everywhere" Echo Park Film Center in LA, 2009
Kinolev Film Festival in Lviv in 2008
Paducah Film Festival, 2008
University of Alberta, Columbia University, Rice University 2008
MARKETS
East Silver Market, Jihlava 2008
Hot Docs Film Market, Toronto 2008.
Year of production: 2011
USA: 73min
Documentary Feature
Folk! follows the story of a ragamuffin Ukrainian folk dance troupe, Syzokryli in NYC and their fearless founder, former prima-ballerina Roma Pryma Bohachevsky, as they put together an epic 40th Anniversary Concert at the famed Lincoln Center in New York City.
The film is narrated by director Roxy Toporowych, and features hilarious interviews of current and former dancers as they struggle to put on this epic show and keep the spirit of Ukrainian dance alive in the USA.
Featuring the Syzokryli Dance Ensemble of NYC, Voloshky Dance Ensemble of Philadelphia, Kashtan Dance Ensemble of Cleveland and the Virsky Dance Company of Kyiv, Ukraine.
