There Was, There Was Not

Institute History

  • 2020 Sundance Documentary Film Grant

Description

In the Defacto Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, a painter is working on a series of transformative portraits of four women: A politician, an Olympic-hopeful athlete, a domestic violence activist, and a woman who disarms landmines from the war. In the middle of her project war breaks out, changing the course of each woman’s life. From taking up arms on the front lines to fleeing their homes as refugees, this film follows in intimate detail the impact of war on these four women—and the impact of art once the war is over.

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