‘Flowers Beyond the Dark,’ Tahoe screening of award-winning documentary brings Ukraine’s story to the world

‘Flowers Beyond the Dark,’ Tahoe screening of award-winning documentary brings Ukraine’s story to the world

TAHOE CITY, Calif. – On the night of Wednesday, October 8, a packed audience filled the Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema for a screening of Flowers Beyond the Dark — a one-of-a-kind documentary filmed during the first six months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. “I’m so sorry I have to invite you to watch a film about war,” said Tahoe-based Ukrainian American producer Yulia Zi. “But it is our artistic and civic duty.” The documentary offered three…