In September this year, the premiere of the documentary film Marat Duraev and Anton Stepanenko "Sentenced to oblivion", voiced by Vladimir Mashkov. This is a picture of the forced eviction of the peoples of the North Caucasus in the 1940-s, when in 1943 the Karachais were deported to the Kazakh and Kyrgyz SSR by the Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, and in the 1944 the Chechen, Ingush and Balkarian peoples had to leave their homeland. These events entailed a lot of deaths and caused a lot of grief to people who were forced to leave their homes and leave their native land overnight, who suffered heavy losses and experienced heavy losses and trials ...
“When we were thinking about the name of the film,” says Hanafiy Khasanov, responsible for filming in the North Caucasus, “we went through many options. But, based on the fact that this type of repression condemns everyone who fell under it to lifelong oblivion, they unanimously settled on the title “Sentenced to Oblivion,” which better than others reflects the picture of the events that took place in those years and the consequences that fell on the shoulders of victims during the deportation. This grief will live forever in their hearts.”
The musical composition in the picture will sound the Kabardino-Balkarian symphony Akhmat Malkanduyeva "Mingi-Tau" in 4's.
And at the end of the film, when the credits appear on the screen, the audience will hear the composition of the “Journal” in the Karachai language performed by Albina Tokova, which, without hesitation, agreed to the use of the composition and called the film a huge contribution to the historical archive of the Karachai people.
“I had already seen parts of the movie and that was enough for me. The mere fact that the film is voiced by Vladimir Mashkov, one of my favorite actors, already speaks of the future success and recognition of this film. Its creation is a good and right thing, so that our youth can see and feel all the pain and injustice that our elders have experienced. I would like to wish the creators of this film great success and numerous views!
As for the song itself, I first performed it 9 years ago. And I sang it from a young age. The author of the composition “Turanala” (“Cranes”), Albert Uzdenov, conveyed in it all the pain and suffering of our people, and competently drew a parallel between the cranes, which were supposed to fly to warmer lands, and the Karachay people, who dreamed and left distant Kazakhstan for themselves to the homeland. The violin part that we wrote in the track fully conveys the mental torment of people who suffered for their homeland. From which they were undeservedly taken out one cold night in wagons like marketable cattle. Several verses describe the harsh year of 1943 - intelligibly, but gently. And, despite the fact that this song was sung by many Karachais before me, mostly men, including the author, I thought that I could re-sing it and thereby replenish our Karachay-Balkar musical archive with a song that will be listened to for many more generations. And we hit the mark - now it sounds in different parts of the world, where there are people who understand my language. This is one of the few songs of mine that is covered even by Russian-speaking artists. And, to summarize, I want to say that it is for projects such as the documentary film “Sentenced to Oblivion” that this composition was created. And I am immensely grateful that the film crew and the creators of the film chose it as the leitmotif for the film about the deportation and genocide of my long-suffering Karachay people!” — the singer comments.
The presentation of the picture “Sentenced to oblivion” will take place in Cherkessk on 9 on September, then it will be shown in Nalchik and abroad, and then it will be freely available on the Internet. In addition, the creators plan to release gift disks with the film, which will be released in a limited edition of 5000 and will be handed out for free.
Photo gallery for the filming of the documentary “Sentenced to oblivion” by Marat Duraev and Anton Stepanenko
Photo: personal archive of Hanafiy Khasanov
