Three Ukrainian refugees were invited by Harry Styles to his weekend concert “Love on Tour” in Warsaw, Poland, reports Variety.
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In the Ukraine-themed documentary In the Rearview, a young girl and her family ride in a van over bumpy roads, on their way – if all goes well – to safety across the Polish border. In her hand the girl grips a piece of paper bearing essential information: her name, age, and a phone number to call in case she falls victim to Russian bombing and her body is discovered in a pile of rubble.
The film, directed by Polish documentarian Maciek Hamela, captures that moment and other details that bring home the reality of a war that has killed thousands of Ukrainian civilians and displaced millions more.
“’If lost under rubble,’ that was a thing at the beginning of the war they gave to all kids, these notes,” Hamela explains. “They had to have one in their pocket and one in their backpack, so if they were taken out of a bombed building, they had phone numbers to call. All the kids had it.”
When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Hamela immediately sprang into action as a volunteer, helping drive refugees to neighboring Poland.
“I can fairly say that more than half of the Polish society got involved in the war. Tens and tens of thousands of people got involved very heavily in volunteer work. So, I’m by far not an exception,” he tells Deadline. “The first day [of the war] I started raising funds. Third day I bought a van… I let go of everything I was doing, and I started driving.”
Hamela says it wasn’t until several weeks into his volunteer efforts that he began to film some of the passengers in his van who had left their homes behind, taking with them only a few possessions. One woman clings to a cat that peeks, terrified, out of a basket.
“There were so many questions at the beginning [of the filming
Three Ukrainian refugees were invited by Harry Styles to his weekend concert “Love on Tour” in Warsaw, Poland, reports Variety.
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Naman Ramachandran Harry Styles treated three Ukrainian refugees supported by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to his “Love on Tour” concert experience at Warsaw’s PGE Narodowy Stadium on Sunday. Maryna, her 13-year-old daughter Daria and friend Daria Kathina were forced to flee their homes in Ukraine in July 2022 and are now living in Sosnowiec, Poland. Maryna has participated in the IRC’s Step to Work project for Ukrainian refugees in Poland, attending workshops on navigating the Polish job market and meeting with a career advisor who encouraged her to achieve her professional goals. With the support of the IRC, Maryna has been motivated to pursue her dream of becoming a tram driver.
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