As much as we may flock to movies such as Godzilla, X-Men and The Other Woman, most multiplex product doesn't really reflect the cultural roots of the average Winnipegger. That's the function of film festivals and the reason for two ethnically specific film fests screening this week.
Winnipeg Free Press: Ethnically specific film festival a true showcase of Ukrainian culture
Haytarma is a 2013 Crimean Tatar-language film telling the tragic story of deportation of the Crimean Tatars on the order of Stalin in 1944.