“Journalism is the light of truth! Don’t let it fade away!” an exhibition prepared by NUJU

The sufferings of Ukrainian media workers captured by russia were shown by means of theatrical art by the Actors For Future team during the opening of the NUJU‘s exhibition titled Executed Free Speech at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War.

Actors Anzhelika Chornoivan, Nataliya Balitska, Andrii Zaitsev, and Volodymyr Nadutchenko, to the music of Olena Nemesh, and in interaction with the exhibits presented at the exhibition, presented an incredibly emotional performance in order to convey to the audience the idea: “Journalism is the light of truth. Don’t let it fade away! Journalists are important!”

“Our team started its activities in 2021. It consists of young artists, actors, and choreographers,” the head of the team/stage director, Anastasiya Ahafonova, told the NUJU Information Service. “The Actors For Future is a team of proactive people. Some are regular participants, and some only take part in individual projects.”

The team presents documentary plastic performances, the primary purpose of which is to highlight socially important topics. Therefore, Actors For Future actively cooperates with public organizations – the Center for Civil Liberties (Nobel Peace Prize laureate), SEMA Ukraine (an association of women who survived sexual violence during the war), and now – the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. They cover the topics of prisoners of war, civilian hostages, and illegally convicted Ukrainians, including the Crimean ones.

“This is all about the war. Our projects are dedicated to challenging topics. Unfortunately, journalists in captivity, journalists who survived the occupation, those wounded and killed, also found themselves in the circle covered by the topic of violence during the war,” says Anastasiya Ahafonova.

She is convinced that the work of journalists is vital today as without journalists, the world would not know about the tragedy of Ukrainians, would not see it with its own eyes, and would not support Ukraine as actively as it does now.

NUJU Information Service

Photo by Yana Dobronosova