Sniper: The White Raven
directed by Marian Bushan,
written by Marian Bushan and Mykola
Voronin,
based on the true life and experiences of Mykola
Voronin,
was released in Ukraine on August 24, 2022.
Music by Nadiia Odesuk / Nadya Odesyuk.
Saturday, August 24,
2024.
My forthcoming
nonfiction book on movies is going through its final revisions, with 437 pages
complete.
I first saw Sniper:
The White Raven back in April (2024), on The
Movie Channel.
After watching it, I had
to include and recommend it in my book.
Based on the true life
and experiences of Mykola Voronin, an ecologist, teacher and writer.
He lived a simple life
off the grid with his wife, Nastya, in Donbas, Ukraine.
In 2014, Russian
soldiers invaded and murdered his wife.
Mykola, fueled by rage
and the need for justice and vengeance for his wife, enlisted in the Ukrainian
Army.
He trained, became a
sniper, and fought back.
He switched from
idealistic pacifist to warrior, assigning himself the codename Raven, in
reference to the White Raven symbol his wife placed in stones outside their
home.
Mykola vowed to defend
Ukraine.
Russia senselessly
invaded Ukraine again in 2022.
This movie and true
story couldn’t be more topical or important.
Powerful.
Real.
Raw.
Tragic.
Heartbreaking.
We stand with Ukraine.
Victory to Ukraine.
Glory to Ukraine.
Slava Ukraini.
Cast:
Pavlo Aldoshyn, Maryna Koshkina, Andrey Mostrenko, Roman
Semysal, Oleg Drach, Roman Yasinovskiy, Oleg Shulga, Vadim Lyalko, Vadim
Kurilko, Vladyslav Dmytrenko, Eugen Volosheniuk, Oleksandr Bykov, Serhiy
Artemenko, Egor Kozlov, Zachary Shadrin, Olena Chervonenko, Demyan Radzivilyuk,
Alina Karpenko, Anatoly Tikhomirov, Yanina Andreeva, Evhen Chernykov, Igor
Parkhomenko, Vitaliy Kovalskyy, Oleksiy Storozhuk, Vitaliy Belskyy, Aleksandr
Dyumin, Oleksiy Nakonechnyi, Andriy Yakubov, Kyrylo Goz, Vitaly Kalyuzhny, Mike
Parish, Adrian Petriw.