Back to Bucha

synopsis

In January 2023, documentarian Steve Richards went to Ukraine to shoot Back to Bucha, his second film about the war in Ukraine. His first, Trek to Bucha, was shot in March and April 2022 during the war's early days. Back to Bucha revisits those Richards met on his original journey plus additional clergy and many others. It features women and their children who have moved back to build their families in their own homes, in their own country. It also features the perspectives of Ukraine's diverse religious communities' leaders and the young men of Ukraine.