Documentary On "Ukrainians in America" To Be Shown Again in Philly (12/26/76)

Documentary On "Ukrainians in America" To Be Shown Again in Philly

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Committee for the Defense of Valentyn Moroz in Philadelphia reminds the Ukrainian community to watch the upcoming documentary film "Eye On - Struggle for identity Ukrainians in America" on channel 10 (WCAU) from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, December 31.

Ukrainians in other cities who would like to view this program should write to the CBS network requesting the showing of this documentary in their locality.

This film has previously been aired by channel 10 on November 5th and 12th, in two half-hour segments. As a result of positive response from viewers in the form of letters and telephone calls to the local Philadelphia WCAU station, this documentary is again being presented in its entirety.

The first part of the film, called "The Legacy", deals with the two major stages of Ukrainian emigration and settlement in the United States, the development of church and community life, and stresses the problems of maintaining a Ukrainian identity and consciousness along with the future of the Ukrainian community as sub-culture within the American society.

The second segment, called "The Inheritors", presents a cross-section of contemporary Ukrainian life in America: from traditional religious customs, the Saturday Ukrainian schools, educational youth camps and recreational resorts, to mass political protests against the violation of human and political rights in Ukraine, as also the incarceration and persecution of political dissidents by the Soviet regime.

This particularly well-produced and valuable documentary expresses the interest of American professionals in the value of the Ukrainian ethnic group and its cultural achievements along with its meaning to the rest of the American society.

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