REMINDER: Bette’s Happy Hour with Zarina Zabrisky on the Goodness of People — Cohosted by Monique Camarra — Tuesday, July 22, noon Pacific
War correspondent, author, filmmaker Zarina Zabrisky is back with Mo’ and me reporting on how her film Kherson: Human Safari, is driving donations to help the people and animals of Kherson, Ukraine
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***This event is on Tuesday, July 22, noon Pacific.***
Bette members: Please join Bette’s Happy Hour on Tuesday with Zarina Zabrisky, with updates on her film Kherson: Human Safari, which is driving donations to directly aid the people — and animals — of Kherson, Ukraine, along with breaking news from her recent trip to Washington, DC.
We will be joined by Monique Camarra of EuroFile, who will be co-hosting the event with me.
Having spent last weekend with some fierce warrior women at Byline Festival, I thought I’d focus this Tuesday’s time with you on the overall goodness of people — how often complete strangers will step up to help those in need. Carole Cadwalladr was helped by 30,000 people when she fought back against Arron Banks’ SLAAP suit. My decade as a pro-democracy investigative reporter fighting on behalf of truth was underwritten by caring, supportive people.
Often, we are so focused on the evil coming out of the Kremlin and the current occupants of the White House, we forget to celebrate the goodness of people. And it will be that goodness — clawing our way back to empathy and decency — that will ultimately unseat evil.
I am so excited for you to hear directly from Zabrisky on the impacts donations are making to Khersonians and the city’s animal rescuers.
Learn more about the film and how your donations are helping here:
Kherson: Human Safari
As we noted in June, a United Nations commission determined that Russia’s systematic drone attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes. War correspondent and author Zarina Zabrisky, the first journalist to break the story about the “human safari” in Kherson, has documented these atrocities and more in Kherson: Human Safari—a groundbreaking blend of visual poetry and frontline reportage.
Both a record of atrocity and an artwork of resistance, Zabrisky’s 80-minute documentary traces the full three-year arc of Kherson’s brutal wartime history. Each chapter of Kherson’s modern tragedy—Invasion, Occupation, Liberation, Flood, Human Safari—is framed by a choreographed modern dance, filmed during shelling. Every step is defiance. Every movement is a memory held in the body. The film’s six-part cinematic narrative also combines exclusive footage, archival materials, interviews with survivors, and intercepted videos of Russian drone operators.
More about Zarina Zabrisky:
An award-winning author of five books, Zarina Zabrisky is a U.S. journalist reporting from the frontlines in Ukraine as a war correspondent for Byline Times (UK). She has contributed to BBC News, CBC Radio, Voice of America, TVP World, The Sunday Post, Times of India, and more. In 2023, she co-produced and starred in the award-winning documentary Under the Deadly Skies, exposing Russian war crimes. Her literary work has appeared in The Paris Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Longreads, Guernica, Rumpus, and other publications, earning honors such as the 2013 Acker Award. She is a member of Pen America. Born in the USSR and having spent most of her life in San Francisco, she moved to Ukraine following the full-scale Russian invasion.
Thank you to all the Bette and RadPod members who supported Zabrisky on her journey to finish the film, which I helped to executive produce, and to those who are contributing to help Kherson in real time.
Look forward to seeing many of you on Tuesday.
Image courtesy Zarina Zabrisky
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