Film

Sacred Ground

2019 · 1h 4m · Documentary

IMDb

3.0

Some time ago they would come here to walk their dogs, play with their kids or jog. Today they are two hostile parties fighting over a patch of ground in a park. Every Sunday half of them come to pray by a wooden cross, and another half is there to defend a small spot of land, which they want to stay public. Who could have imagined such a confrontation in a country which had been fully secular, even atheistic for decades? Still, a collision between orthodox believers and local dwellers, who don’t want to have a new church instead of a park or a public garden is quite common in the Russian capital these days. “200 Churches” development project started by Russian Orthodox Church in cooperation with Moscow government provoked several severe conflicts in the city.

• Sergey KozminProducer · Director · Screenplay · Director of Photography
• Artem VasilyevProducer
• Yuliya ShaginurovaProducer

Release date

October 24, 2019

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 4m

Genres

Documentary