Hear their stories
Yulia Bihun, Ukrainian Citizen
“It’s so dangerous - so dangerous for Sara. I came back because I understood that my family must be together.”
Yana Kozyrkova, Ukrainian Citizen
“I believe Ukrainians can change the world because they are who they are. Because we are fighting, because the whole world is helping us - I don’t have hope… I have faith.”
David Kozyrkova, Ukrainian Citizen
“Being here without my father is really hard. All this time I’ve been in Ukraine with my father. My father is my actual best friend […] but right now I only have my mom and my sister.”
What others are saying
Nicole Nolan, Director of Global Programs & Community Outreach
The Wardlaw-Hartridge School
“The film shared the horrors of war with our students through a humanizing and personal approach; these are real people whose lives have been altered. Yet, the film gives us hope.”
Stacey Harpster, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Temple University, Klein College of Media & Communication
“Several of my students shared how they were moved to action by the stories they heard from the Ukrainians impacted by the war. One student shared that her experience meeting forcibly displaced Ukrainians was life changing.”
Oliver Laskow, Wardlaw-Hartridge High School - Class of ‘25
“Seeing not only the victims of the Ukrainian war but also those helping them in neighboring countries was humanizing and hopeful, giving me a much wider view of the conflict itself.”
Roxanna M. Senyshyn, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Applied Linguistics & Communication Arts and Sciences
Pennsylvania State University, Abington College
“The screening of Beyond the Statistics […] was an incredibly impactful event, offering our campus community — students, faculty, and staff alike — a rare opportunity to engage deeply with the human side of the global refugee crisis.
