What We Shared
69 mins
By recreating personal stories though testimony, poetry and archival material, the artist and performers explore deep traumas that no single place or language can contain. Abkhazia, the disputed state on the Black Sea – once an opulent Soviet holiday resort with a multi-ethnic population – became a symbolic ghost town following the 1992-93 war with Georgia. Here, fragmented memories and dreams destroyed by violence and exile are exhumed through interpretive re-enactment and haunting sound.
Manana Bigvava
Performer
Leena Makoff
Narrator (voice)
Sonia White
Performer
Oleg Koryavov
Performer
Sergey Arutiunov
Performer
Kamila Kuc
Director
Vika Kapikyan
Location Manager
Nina Zabicka
Additional Editor
Mark Ashworth
Sound Designer
Thomas de Waal
Story Consultant
Timothy Nelson
Music
Asida Butba
Co-Producer
Reed O'Beirne
Additional Editor
Reed O'Beirne
Co-Producer
Kamila Kuc
Editor
James Tonkin
Colorist
Katie McGowan
Executive Producer
David Drakard
Technical Advisor
Kamila Kuc
Producer
James Norton
Assistant Director
Nina Zabicka
Visual Effects Editor