Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman’s documentary, shot just before and after Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 202 | dG1fZ2VPd3l5ZDhSV2s
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00:00 Sometimes in pursuing a curiosity about something going on in the world,
00:05 maybe part of it is because you're looking to believe in something.
00:09 There are people that you meet who are the embodiment of that hope that you want to have.
00:16 The film we'd set out to make was not meant to encounter an existential threat to democracy,
00:23 just a spirited story of a comedy superstar turned president.
00:27 Be careful.
00:28 We're currently in this situation where there's a major Russian buildup.
00:34 The situation was changing and feeling more urgent.
00:37 Go, go, go.
00:38 They had two impacts in town.
00:41 Oh my God.
00:43 This modern country was suddenly at war.
00:47 Ukrainians have this historical willingness to be a democratic state.
00:52 And because it is so hard to get, it becomes very precious.
00:57 This is about vengeance.
00:59 Putin's angry that this country wants to divorce itself from Russia forever, and he wants it back.
01:03 We are just ordinary people who want to live in our country.
01:11 Welcome to my home.
01:12 What can we help you carry?
01:13 We need Americans to understand the price we have to pay to be free.
01:20 Because of our proximity to active combat, that's the priority.
01:25 Guys, no grass. These fields are mine.
01:28 Okay.
01:30 When you step into a country of such incredible unity, you realize what we've all been missing.
01:37 We're in agreement. We absolutely agree.
01:39 If Ukraine fails, it's not just a failure for democracy.
01:44 Everything that happens here is going to affect every other place in the world today.
01:48 That's the reason that we're all so invested in this.
01:52 When stakes are so high, of course we will keep fighting.
01:55 Whatever it takes.
01:57 Zelensky is the face of this extraordinary courage that's come up in all Ukrainians we saw and talked to,
02:06 whether they were in uniform, out of uniform, school teachers, even children.
02:11 I want to protect my country, my mom, my family.
02:15 The Ukrainians will win this.
02:19 The question is, at what cost?
02:21 Follow me!
02:22 You were born for this moment.
02:24 I am ready to win.
02:26 You were born for this moment.
02:28 (dramatic music)