dovage Review of Learning to Milk a Cow

Learning to Milk a Cow (2016)

A deeply personal look at one of the lesser known episodes of WWII.

[10/10 · 28 August 2019]

Both a first person account of the life of a former Ukrainian forced labourer and her experiences on a Bavarian farm during the Nazi era - as well as from the perspective of the filmmaker herself (the subject's granddaughter) and how those memories deeply affected her sense of identity and self. The details of her journey were both illuminating and surprising, full of nuance, horror and joy and far from the black and white fair that one has become accustomed to given the subject matter. A well made documentary with great storytelling. More than just a passion project, but clearly full of love and passion...