In the midst of all the chaos and state of emergency, the actor and director Sean Penn has traveled to Ukraine to shoot a documentary on the street about the Russian invasion.
A documentary with the blessing of the Ukrainian government
the journey of Sean Penn It was not a last-minute opportunism, but he has been preparing his documentary for months and already in November of last year he traveled to Ukraine to prepare the shooting. Back then, he spent time with the country’s armed forces in the Joint Forces Operation area to learn more about the situation.
Penn would also be shooting his documentary in collaboration with a Ukrainian production group with the aim of informing the public about everything that is happening in the country. As reported by Newsweek, since his arrival in Ukraine this week, Penn has met with the president. Volodymyr Zelensky and with the vice president and minister Iryna VereshchukIn addition to speaking visit several local journalists and members of the Ukrainian army.
“The director specifically came to Kiev to shoot all the events that are happening in Ukraine right now and to tell the world the truth about Russia’s invasion of our country,” the president’s office said in an official statement. “Sean Penn is among those who support Ukraine in Ukraine. Our country is very grateful to him for this display of courage and honesty.”
“Sean Penn is showing a courage that many others, particularly Western politicians, lack. The more people like that, true friends of Ukraine, who support our fight for freedom, the faster we can stop this heinous invasion by Ukraine.” Russia,” the statement continued.
The filmmaker appeared Thursday at a press conference in Kiev where Ukrainian government officials were discussing the situation, thus confirming his presence in Ukraine. It is not the first time that Penn has participated in a campaign against a warlike conflict or in humanitarian operations. In 2020 he premiered ‘Citizen Penn‘, where the work of the actor and his charity in aid of Haiti after the earthquakes of 2010 were collected.