Airdate: Jamala: Songs of Freedom

Music documentary Jamala: Songs of Freedom screens on iWonder in May.

Ukrainian singer/songwriter, Jamala, gained international fame in 2016 as the winner of the Eurovision contest, where she performed her song, “1944,” about the deportation of Crimean Tatars – including her great-grandmother’s family – to Central Asia. Fast forward to the present day, ‘Jamala: Songs of Freedom’ follows Jamala from the early hours of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022, through to her activism ever since that has seen her raise both awareness and money for her embattled homeland. With performances spanning the world, from the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C. to the 2023 Eurovision contest in Liverpool, England, her latest album, QIRIM, which means Crimea, is a tribute to her Crimean Tatar roots, as she continues to shine a light on the most recent chapter of Russian aggression that began with the annexation of Crimea ten years ago.

Thursday 2 May on iWonder