| Family Portrait in Black and White | |
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| Directed by | Julia Ivanova |
| Produced by | Boris Ivanov |
| Starring | Olga Nenya |
| Cinematography | Julia Ivanova Stanislav Shakhov |
| Edited by | Julia Ivanova |
Production company | Interfilm Productions |
| Distributed by | First Pond Entertainment |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Ukraine |
| Languages | English Ukrainian |
Family Portrait in Black and White is a Canadian-Ukrainian coproduced documentary film, directed by Julia Ivanova and released in 2011. [1] The film profiles Olga Nenya, a Ukrainian woman who has adopted a large family of biracial children, and tries to protect them from the sometimes virulent anti-African racism of rural Ukrainian society. [2]
The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. [3] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2011 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary. [4]
It was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012. [5]
