What a wonderful film! You would think it would be depressing given the subject matter, but you learn about the women who are so not only surviving, but actually thriving so near the location of the disaster we only heard about in the west, and until recently did not know the extent of what happened after "Chernobyl". I was surprised at the emotional connection. I felt with these women who I literally have nothing in common with having grown up as an entitled Westerner. You'll learn some cool stuff that you didn't know, including why a Russian video game is relevant to these women's current lives. It's a great companion piece to the HBO series on Chernobyl.
Review of The Babushkas of Chernobyl
