PROGRAM

We designed this program to introduce the Chicago community to the art, food, culture, music and film to honor and celebrate the indigenous people of Crimea.

PART I

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Introduction to a brief history of the indigenous people of Crimea and the forced deportation that erased them from their native homeland for five decades.
Interactive exhibit presentation "Stolen Crimea. History of deportation"
Live performance. Reading from the book Hell road. Tashke - Tavaksay: 19 days and nights, three and a half thousand kilometers of unimaginable suffering. Diary of Nariman Kazenbash

PART II

Live Auction of Curated Art
Our team has curated an exclusive collection of contemporary Crimean Tatar art and artifacts from prominent Crimean Tatar public figures that were individually selected and delivered to us from Kyiv just for this event.

PART III

Exclusive screening of the documentary film “1944” by Fatima Osman.
Community conversation with special guests.