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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Pond Entertainment
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Pond Entertainment
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary For more than a decade, Olga has been picking up the black babies left in Ukrainian orphanages and raising them together so that they may support and protect one another. Neo-Nazis in Ukraine pose a real danger for a dark-skinned individual in the street. These white supremacist youth joke about their evening raids and how police seem to...

Directed By: Julia Ivanova

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Pond Entertainment
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Pond Entertainment
  • 1 h 30 m

Family Portrait in Black and White

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary For more than a decade, Olga has been picking up the black babies left in Ukrainian orphanages and raising them together so that they may support and protect one another. Neo-Nazis in Ukraine pose a real danger for a dark-skinned individual in the street. These white supremacist youth joke about their evening raids and how police seem to...

Directed By: Julia Ivanova

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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83
Jul 13, 2012
It's a fascinating story, fascinatingly told.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 12, 2012
Leaves a lot of questions unanswered, which is frustrating, but it gets high marks for honesty.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 11, 2012
The film's emotional and psychological textures suffer for those losses, but Family is still riveting viewing.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 11, 2012
Though only 85 minutes, the film captures an entire, bewilderingly extended family and way of life inside a sturdy frame.
By Stephen Cole FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 11, 2012
Julia Ivanova, a Canadian filmmaker, doesn't judge Olga; she refuses to see her through the eyes of a presumably better-off first-world citizen.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
58
Jul 11, 2012
There's no organizing principle in Ivanova's documentary, which unfolds in a ragged, seat-of-the-pants style that mirrors its subject's day-to-day life all too closely. Nenya's flock proves too big for the film to wrangle.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Interfilm Productions
Release Date Jul 13, 2012
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/Family-Portrait-in-Black-and-White/115413608526324
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Awards

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Genie Awards
• 1 Nomination
Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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