When the Water Screams (Коли вода кричить)

Production Status
Сompleted
Release Date
2025
Country(ies) of (co)production
Ukraine
Languages
Ukrainian
Duration
62’

An investigative documentary by Olesia Bida about how the occupation authorities of the eastern bank of Kherson Oblast and the Russian military neglected and obstructed the evacuation of civilians after the Kakhovka Dam’s explosion. 

To reconstruct the events and understand what happened in the flooded areas of the occupied eastern bank of the Dnipro River, the WCIU team spoke to some 50 eyewitnesses, relatives of eyewitnesses, and volunteers involved in rescuing people from the east bank. Their testimonies formed the basis of the investigation. 

As a result of the dam destruction, many more civilians died from the flood in the occupied territories than Russia officially claims.

CREW:
DOP: Oleksandra Lunina, Andrii Yakovlev, Artem Tsapro, Ivan Нermakov
Sound: Oleksandr Klyman
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