Chernobyl: The Last Lament
On the night of April 26th, 1986, an explosion in Reactor 4 (one of the worst environmental disasters of the 20th century) befell the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl. This night, Maria Patrovna and Hanna Zavorotnya were going about their everyday lives. What they didn't know at that time was that their lives had just changed forever.
In June 2014, Jan Fabi was given the rare opportunity to visit. The numerous picturesque places within the exclusion zone oppressively reveal the decay of a once thriving city. Armed with a Geiger counter and a Blackmagic Cinema Camera, he collected footage of impressive places, but also met these two re-settlers for an interview. The result is a 10 minute documentary with an artistic approach.
Follow us on a time travel back into the Soviet Union; a time travel into one oft the darkest chapters of Ukrainian history.