Scream Of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story

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An intimate, career-spanning portrait of Ukrainian immigrant and punk legend Eugene Hütz, chronicling his childhood journey to the U.S., his rise to fame with the band Gogol Bordello, and his defiant return to Ukraine after the Russian invasion.

Gogol Bordello is a wild, visionary cadre of immigrant musicians, artists, and outsiders, whose border-blasting message of inclusion and personal liberation, coupled with their musical supercollider style, have made them one of the world’s most vital and explosive live acts. Through never-before-seen photo and video archives spanning two decades – including concert performances, behind-the-scenes footage, and intimate interviews – the wild punk-rock-doc follows the epic journey of Gogol Bordello's frontman Eugene Hütz, as he uses music as a rallying cry for the cultural identity of Ukraine in a time of war.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Sound Unseen 2023
Tribeca Film Festival 2023
Warsaw International Film Festival 2023
Florida Film Festival 2024

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Nate Pommer is a director, editor and producer whose work fuses an experimental playfulness with documentary storytelling rigor. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he has worked in a wide variety of genres for clients like Vice, HBO, Showtime, CNN Originals, and Paramount Plus. His short films and music videos have been featured at TIFF, Slamdance, and the New York City Ballet. His music video “Monkey Vs Robot” was one of the earliest viral videos, ripping up 56k modems worldwide. His film NATURE OF THE BEAST (starring Andy Samberg and Rob Delaney) won best short at the 2007 Coney Island Film Festival. SCREAM OF MY BLOOD is his first feature.

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Eric Weinrib is an award-winning filmmaker and Vice News producer. He has won a New York Press Club award for his HBO special THE PARADISE PAPERS and an L.A. Press Club award for his Hulu documentary RUSSIA'S WAR ON HIP-HOP. Weinrib’s Vice TV documentary BETWEEN MUSK AND MARS was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award. He produced and directed IFC’s critically-acclaimed feature documentary ROSEANNE FOR PRESIDENT!, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the Founders Prize at the Traverse City Film Festival. Weinrib collaborated with documentary filmmaker Michael Moore for over a decade on films including FAHRENHEIT 9/11, SICKO, and CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY.