Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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00:00 [VIDEO PLAYBACK]

00:03 - When I graduated college, my father said,

00:05 what are you going to do with your life now?

00:07 And I said, I don't know.

00:08 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

00:11 My father said, well, why don't you come work in the family

00:13 business with me?

00:14 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

00:16 At the self-care.

00:17 The self-care.

00:17 I bet you half the staff here have been there

00:19 at 2 o'clock in the morning.

00:21 People love this place.

00:22 You don't want to break good habits, and it's a good habit.

00:25 Thank you.

00:26 Jason Burchard has a hunger to feed people.

00:29 Like his father, Tom, and grandfather before him.

00:32 My grandfather started this business

00:33 in the center of little Ukraine, escaping Russian oppression

00:36 back in the late 1940s.

00:38 He opened it as a newsstand, but he turned it

00:40 into a forum to help Ukraine.

00:42 I know that he had dreams of his daughter

00:44 marrying a good Ukrainian boy.

00:46 So he reconciled to the next best thing,

00:48 a good American boy.

00:51 After he passed away, people could

00:53 see that I was going to keep Vasilka going.

00:54 But the Ukrainian community gave Tom a cold shoulder.

00:58 Vasilka was a laughingstock.

00:59 I had to take a leap instead of doing what my father-in-law did.

01:03 Give me French fries and--

01:04 My father put a lot of hours into the business.

01:07 It was very hard on me, making sure the details were met.

01:10 Our relationship was business-like,

01:12 and things were moving at a slower pace

01:14 than what I would have preferred.

01:16 Be careful what you wish for.

01:17 Jason took over Vasilka when the pandemic hit.

01:21 And then-- don't think of this as a war in Ukraine.

01:25 This is a war in a free world.

01:27 [CHANTING]

01:28 A democracy.

01:29 We can keep the pressure on our local officials.

01:31 The New Yorkers stand with Ukraine.

01:33 It's atrocity what's going on there, Mr. Mayor.

01:35 I'm sure you're well aware of it.

01:38 Jason has to be the leader at the local level.

01:42 A donation?

01:43 With food, you can connect anybody.

01:45 Vasilka has become the hub for helping Ukraine.

01:48 The Ukrainian baseball team is in town.

01:51 By you being here, you are a sign of hope.

01:53 My Ukrainian staff, they're in a state of shock.

01:56 Vitaly, long-time employee, your parents are still in Kiev.

01:58 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

02:01 But I'm doing my best to distract him.

02:03 Vitaly, I think you need a little practice.

02:05 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

02:06 My friends is there, and I'm here.

02:07 I just don't feel OK to be OK.

02:11 We got to be careful we don't take on too much.

02:13 I'm going to need your help to bring my parents over here.

02:16 Jason just says yes to everything.

02:18 Let's do it.

02:19 I've spent more time here than I have spent with my daughter.

02:23 But we're saving lives from here.

02:25 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:28 (upbeat music)

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