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PARLIAMENT MOVED BY OSCAR CONTENDING DOCUMENTARY 'AFTER THE RAIN' EXPOSING TRAGEDY OF UKRAINIAN KIDNAPPED KIDS
The illegal deportation of children is the only war crime charge Putin currently faces from the ICC and the testimony of children recently returned home form a key part of the case against him. tells the story of two children recently rescued from Russia , seven-year-old Sasha Mezhevoy and fourteen-year-old Veronika Vlasova .
The documentary also seeks to raise awareness of the estimated 20,000 children who remain in Russia after being illegally taken from their families and the efforts of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network to bring them home. As President-elect Trump begins his efforts to bring Zelensky and Putin to the negotiating table, the fate of these children hangs in the balance.
Parliamentarians from both Houses and all parties were invited to the screening, which was followed by an in-person Q&A with the documentary's Director Sarah McCarthy , and Inna Sidoruk – a therapy dog handler who helped care for the children in Estonia once they'd been freed from Russia .
The film is qualified for this year's Academy Awards.
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https://www.docnyc.net/film/after-the-rain-putins-stolen-children-come-home/
https://www.laemmle.com/film/after-rain-putins-stolen-children-come-home
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