A cinematic exploration tracing the evolution of unrest — from the ashes of empire to the fractured frontlines of today. Some scenes may be emotionally difficult to watch. Viewer discretion is advised.
Set to “Drone” by Karnivool, this unofficial visual essay weaves real-world footage from Ukraine, the Middle East, and beyond, uncovering a quiet pattern beneath the chaos. Decades of cultural shifts, foreign influence, and rising tensions unfold. The use of soft & hard power on all sides to gain hearts and minds.
🎧 Music: “Drone” – Karnivool
🎥 All footage used under fair use for educational and commentary purposes. Footage from various news sources, mainly BBC, VICE, The Guardian and the Associated Press, as well as reddit sources who have requested to be kept anonymous. Addition content provided by Alex Moisieiev & Volkan Yılmaz.
— This is a non-commercial university project. No copyright infringement intended. Honestly started out as a doco about soft power in Ukraine throughout the 90s and my favorite band dropped a song that I felt fit the profile during the edit, so I went to work.
https://v.redd.it/ts9sqcl213bf1
by Samuel-J-D
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I hope this isn’t out of place here. I’m quite new to regularly posting on reddit and I’m about to finish film school. Really want to get into doing press work. I mean no disrespect, I appreciate your time and look forward to any feedback. I also wanted to add that the clips from the middle east were only used to signify this is not just going on in Ukraine. This kind of political warfare obviously goes on globally. I just didn’t want to stray too far from the focused topic (being the lead up from the end of the Soviet Union to the breakout of war between the two countries).
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