You must register by 5pm on September 24, 2024 to attend this event.
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University will hold the New York premiere of the comedy Lessons of Tolerance, 2023, director Arkadii Nepytaliuk. Yuri Shevchuk, Director of the Ukrainian Film Club, will introduce the movie and hold the post-screening Q-and-A.
A determined small-town schoolteacher is on a mission to rescue her family from financial ruin by enrolling her homophobic family in the governmental “Lessons of Tolerance” program, promoted within the process of Ukraine’s integration with the European Union. As they embark on this transformative journey, the family finds themselves welcoming a vibrant LGBTQ activist into their home, who will challenge their deep-seated prejudices. The charismatic activist works his magic and attains something unimaginable. Along the way, he helps the family to shed their insecurities, rediscover their emotional freedom, and rekindle feelings they thought were lost forever. Lessons of Tolerance is one of the best, most talented, and hilarious Ukrainian comedies since 1991.
Lessons of Tolerance is in Ukrainian with English subtitles.
About the film director: Arkadii Nepytaliuk was born in 1967 in the Khmelnytsky region. In 1996 he graduated from Kyiv National University of I. Karpenko-Kary, majoring in cinema and television director. Shot a number of short films, feature films and TV series and acted in a number of films.
