Family Portrait in Black and White

2011 Canadian documentary film

Family Portrait in Black and White
Film poster
Directed by	Julia Ivanova
Produced by	Boris Ivanov
Starring	Olga Nenya
Cinematography	Julia Ivanova Stanislav Shakhov
Edited by	Julia Ivanova
Production company	Interfilm Productions
Distributed by	First Pond Entertainment
Release date	January 2011 (2011-01) (Sundance)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Canada Ukraine
Languages	English Ukrainian

Family Portrait in Black and White is a Canadian-Ukrainian coproduced documentary film, directed by Julia Ivanova and released in 2011. The film profiles Olga Nenya, a Ukrainian woman who has adopted a large family of biracial children, and tries to protect them from the sometimes virulent anti-African racism of rural Ukrainian society.

The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2011 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary.

It was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.

References

Chuck Bowen, "Review: Family Portrait in Black and White". Slant Magazine, July 11, 2012.
Neil Genzlinger, "Fostering Mixed-Race Children in Ukraine: ‘Family Portrait in Black and White’. The New York Times, July 12, 2012.
John DeFore, "Family Portrait in Black and White: Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter, January 28, 2011.
"Films about Ukrainian foster mom and California skate-punk top Hot Docs: Hot Docs awards Ukraine-set doc top Cdn prize". Canadian Press, May 6, 2011.
Etan Vlessing, "Cafe de Flore, A Dangerous Method lead the field for Genie Awards". Playback, January 17, 2012.

External links

Family Portrait in Black and White at IMDb
Family Portrait in Black and White at Julia Ivanova's website

v t e Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary
Best Feature Documentary	Chile, Obstinate Memory (1998) Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1999) The Holier It Gets (2000) My Left Breast and Out of the Fire (2001) The Fiancée of Life (2002) Rage Against the Darkness (2003) Army of One (2004) Hogtown: The Politics of Policing (2005) Martyr Street (2006) The Bodybuilder and I (2007) Flicker (2008) Invisible City (2009) In the Name of the Family (2010) Family Portrait in Black and White (2011) The World Before Her (2012) When I Walk (2013) Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014) Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (2015) Koneline: Our Land Beautiful (2016) Unarmed Verses (2017) A Little Wisdom (2018) Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (2019) Prayer for a Lost Mitten (2020) Zo Reken (2021) Geographies of Solitude (2022) I Lost My Mom (2023) The Soldier's Lagoon (2024)
Special Jury Prize	The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali (2003) Continuous Journey (2004) Mystic Ball (2006) Driven by Dreams (2007) Junior (2008) Waterlife (2009) Leave Them Laughing (2010) At Night, They Dance and The Guantanamo Trap (2011) Peace Out (2012) Alphée of the Stars (2013) Before the Last Curtain Falls (2014) The Amina Profile (2015) The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (2016) Resurrecting Hassan (2017) What Walaa Wants (2018) Prey (2019) Stateless (2020) One of Ours (2021) Rojek (2022) Caiti Blues (2023) Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (2024)

Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary

Best Feature Documentary

Chile, Obstinate Memory (1998)
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1999)
The Holier It Gets (2000)
My Left Breast and Out of the Fire (2001)
The Fiancée of Life (2002)
Rage Against the Darkness (2003)
Army of One (2004)
Hogtown: The Politics of Policing (2005)
Martyr Street (2006)
The Bodybuilder and I (2007)
Flicker (2008)
Invisible City (2009)
In the Name of the Family (2010)
Family Portrait in Black and White (2011)
The World Before Her (2012)
When I Walk (2013)
Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014)
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (2015)
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful (2016)
Unarmed Verses (2017)
A Little Wisdom (2018)
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (2019)
Prayer for a Lost Mitten (2020)
Zo Reken (2021)
Geographies of Solitude (2022)
I Lost My Mom (2023)
The Soldier's Lagoon (2024)

Special Jury Prize

The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali (2003)
Continuous Journey (2004)
Mystic Ball (2006)
Driven by Dreams (2007)
Junior (2008)
Waterlife (2009)
Leave Them Laughing (2010)
At Night, They Dance and The Guantanamo Trap (2011)
Peace Out (2012)
Alphée of the Stars (2013)
Before the Last Curtain Falls (2014)
The Amina Profile (2015)
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (2016)
Resurrecting Hassan (2017)
What Walaa Wants (2018)
Prey (2019)
Stateless (2020)
One of Ours (2021)
Rojek (2022)
Caiti Blues (2023)
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (2024)

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