The war in Ukraine is a terrible thing, and for the residents of Donbas, it's been going on since 2014. But 'The Distant Barking of Dogs' is not a brilliant documentary. It follows a family, trying to stay put amid the warzone. Their lives are lonely and bleak. But the film doesn't provide any context or narrative. It's also slightly ethically dubious, as the film-makers point their cameras (and otherwise appear to do nothing) as a child injures himself playing with a gun. The most interesting scenes are those that occur in school, which provde some insight into the societal (as opposed to the merely individual) response.
Review of The Distant Barking of Dogs
