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Editor’s Note: The following is the English-language transcript of Hromadske Radio’s “Ukraine Calling” program on March 3, interviewing Director Kostiantyn Kliatskin and Executive Producer Serhiy Maliarchuk about the making of the film `Crimea. As it was`.

Listen to a conversation with the filmmakers who made Ukraine’s first full-length documentary on the annexation of Crimea. In 2014, Ukrainians were shocked and in disbelief — how could the annexation of Crimea have happened? The film combines interviews with participants in the events and archival footage to try and answer this question.

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