Paradise Docs: Ukraine Under Fire

Description

Award-winning documentary Ukraine Under Fire is the first in a series of "Paradise Docs" - thought-provoking documentaries brought to you by the Paradise, with topics ranging from journalism to music to the environment. We're thrilled to host director Jordan Campbell for a post-show talkback about the making of the film. 

At its essence, UKRAINE UNDER FIRE is a film about Ukrainian resilience during a time of war. The story follows Olga Butko, a Ukrainian television news presenter, and Jordan Campbell's experience as an American journalist covering the conflict. With the war escalating every day, the duo collaborates on a series of interviews, chronicling aspects of resistance, war crimes, and acts of genocide. More broadly, the film speaks to Ukraine’s quest for freedom, democracy, and European integration, amidst the most significant conflict in Europe since World War II.

Director Jordan Campbell is a journalist, photographer and award-winning documentary filmmaker. His international reporting has taken him to conflict-affected countries like Libya, Iraq, Lebanon, Kosovo, South Sudan and Ukraine — most notably to draw attention to cataract blindness and child heart disease. Campbell is the director of the award-winning documentary: Duk County: Peace is in Sight in the New South Sudan (Mountainfilm 2013), which won Mountainfilm’s Moving Mountains Prize in 2013 and screened twice at the United Nations. Campbell is also an accomplished international mountaineer with expeditions to India, Nepal and Tibet, and has professionally served outdoor brands Jagged Edge, Marmot and The North Face. Campbell is the director of UKRAINE UNDER FIRE | A Film About War & Resilience (Mountainfilm 2025).

Date & Time

Sat, May 16, 2026 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Venue Details

Paradise Theatre

215 Grand Avenue
Paonia, Colorado 81428

The Paradise Theatre