“The Question of Ukraine,” a community event sponsored by the Southwestern College Deets Library and the Winfield Public Library, will be held on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 6 p.m., in Deets Library.  Refreshments will be available and there is no admission charge.

Community members will have an opportunity to view the Academy-Award winning documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” followed by a discussion with Lev Mitin, local high school senior who lived through the event; Stephen Woodburn, local historian to offer perspective on the Russian/Ukrainian conflict; and Joe Hedges, a local business man who spent time on the ground in Ukraine, involved in the project to monitor the contact line between Ukraine and Russia in the years leading up to war.

The viewing of “20 Days in Mariupol” will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m., with discussion to follow. Attendees are welcome to join in for the discussion only.  “20 Days in Mariupol” is available to screen anytime at pbs.org/frontline, on Frontline's youtube channel, or on the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel. The film tells the story of the 20 days director Mstyslav Chernov spent with his colleagues in the besieged city of Mariupol in February-March 2022 in the first weeks of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Chernov compiled footage that he collected in Mariupol together with the team from PBS's Frontline and the Associated Press.

For more information, contact Emily Hedges by email at Emily.Hedges@sckans.edu.