Pysanka 1975 Ukrainian Easter film complete restored
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- An art film by Slavko Nowytcki about the Ukrainian Easter Egg. A truly excellent documentary transferred from a restored 16 mm print. This was made in 1975 and remains a great instructional and visual piece of work.
I’ve been looking everywhere for this film. This is the original film I watched to learn how to do Pysanky. Thank you!!!
I had already started to teach myself, but this was the first film I saw of someone making pysanky! And I, too, have looked for it on-line for years! Thank you from me too!
You can also find this documentary short on "The Met" UA-cam channel
I taught myself how to dye Pysanky using a kit I ordered from from Surma book shop in New York City (they were on East 7th Street right next door to McSorley's Ale House, with Moishe's Bakery on the corner at 2nd Avenue). Surma and Moishe's are gone, as is much of the NYC I remember. I held the kistka like a pencil, as it felt most natural to me to hold it this way, and I did not know any better. So, when I saw how Luba Perchyshyn held her kistka, how her strokes were as strong and direct as a falcon diving from the sky, it was such a revelation! I stopped writing eggs over a decade ago, as nerve damage had made my hands unsteady, but with the war in Ukraine I felt I needed to do some, and I was looking so hard for this film but had no idea where to find it! So yes, I am very happy to be able to watch it - and, for some reason, I am now holding my kistka the old way! My lines may never be as certain as they once were, but each egg is a prayer, and the color of the dyes, the scent of the beeswax - I am finding I still love making them even if my lines are shaky.
I found this film on vhs tape in 1997 at my local library. It inspired a lifelong tradition of creating and teaching pysanky. Years ago I tried to find the video at the library to share and it was gone. Thank you for preserving this treasure!
It is a nice film. I had an original 16 mm print that was restored. That is what you see here.
I remember this in school and was actually thinking about it after watching paddle to the sea another one I remembered from school , my moms side is 2nd generation Ukrainian and we do a lot of the food , she always loved the eggs and remembered doing them as a child I’m gettin her a kit as a surprise gift , I’m so glad this gem of a video showed up
Thank you for teaching our eggs
You can also find this documentary short on "The Met" UA-cam channel
#StandWithUkraine this Easter. 🌻💙💛🌈 Beautiful film!!
Why no credit for the film maker?
Its in the description. Sometimes there is an oversight in the description. I bring new information about various films that are not known to most. This film is well known so not much info, in the description, is required. The reason for this entry is the print quality - probably the best I have seen and able to restore. I knew many of the Ukrainian film makers in Canada, USA and Ukraine. All films are not monetized (receive no payment) yet restoration, where possible, and print transfers are often expensive. They are here for all to enjoy and not hiding in an archive never to be seen.
The inside blows up
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Disappointing how no mention is made of the now deeply Christian faith of the Ukrainian people.