''Family Portrait in Black and White'' is a Canadian-Ukrainian coproduced documentary film, directed by

Julia Ivanova Yuliya Anatoliyevna Ivanova (russian: Юлия Анатольевна Иванова) (born 9 September 1985 in Sosnogorsk) is a Russian cross-country skier. She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, and at the FIS N ...

and released in 2011. The film profiles Olga Nenya, a Ukrainian woman who has adopted a large family of

biracial Mixed race people are people of more than one race or ethnicity. A variety of terms have been used both historically and presently for mixed race people in a variety of contexts, including ''multiethnic'', ''polyethnic'', occasionally ''bi-ethn ...

children, and tries to protect them from the sometimes virulent anti-African racism of rural Ukrainian society. The film premiered at the 2011

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2011

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and June ...

, where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary. It was a shortlisted

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the

32nd Genie Awards The 32nd Genie Awards ceremony was held on March 8, 2012 to honour films released in 2011.

in 2012.Etan Vlessing
"Cafe de Flore, A Dangerous Method lead the field for Genie Awards"
''

Playback Playback or Play Back may refer to: Film * ''Playback'' (1962 film), a British film in the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' series * ''Playback'', a 1996 film starring Shannon Whirry * ''Playback'' (2012 film), an American horror film by Michael A. N ...

'', January 17, 2012.

References

External links

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''Family Portrait in Black and White''
at Julia Ivanova's website 2011 films Canadian documentary films Ukrainian documentary films 2011 documentary films Documentary films about families Ukrainian-language films 2010s Canadian films {{Ukraine-film-stub