Family Portrait in Black and White

2011

1h 46m

Documentary

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50+ Ratings

Olga Nenya, a Ukrainian foster mother, discusses racist attitudes directed toward her many children.

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

It's a fascinating story, fascinatingly told.

Rated: B+

Jul 18, 2012

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

Frustrating, but it gets high marks for honesty.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 12, 2012

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

Portrait In Black And White tries to capture the dynamic between Nenya and her children, as well as their family and the hostility of neighbors and government bureaucrats, but the footage doesn't cut together well.

Rated: C+

Jul 12, 2012

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe, anyone? But where the film leads as if by chance in a surprising second direction, is an ideological conflict running parallel to racial issues. Namely, this mom's post-Soviet longing for allegiance to the collective.

Jul 15, 2012

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Louis Proyect

rec.arts.movies.reviews

A documentary about the refusal of one woman to cater to the prejudices of Ukrainian society and an inspiration to all of us in a badly decomposing civilization.

Jul 13, 2012

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Jim Slotek

Jam! Movies

It should be incumbent on director Julia Ivanova to provide focus. Instead she is all over the narrative maps, finding scattered dots and leaving the connections to the viewer.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 2, 2012

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Synopsis

Olga Nenya, a Ukrainian foster mother, discusses racist attitudes directed toward her many children.

Director: Julia Ivanova
Screenwriter: Julia Ivanova
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 24, 2017
Runtime: 1h 46m

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