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Article: Spiking the Ukrainian famine, again. (Harvest of Despair television documentary film received the International Films & TV Festival of New York award)
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- April 11, 1986
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SPIKING THE UKRAINIAN FAMINE, AGAIN
ASIDE FROM the climate, the 28th International Film & TV Festival of New York was as lush and glamorous as any Hollywood bash. The festival is one of the most highly regarded in the world, with 44 countries represented in 1985. The two thousand people seated for the awards-presentation banquet in the Imperial Ballroom of the Sheraton Centre hotel represented 5,313 entrants and the cream of the industry. The BBC, ABC, NBC, and CBS were there in force. So were HBO and Turner Broadcasting.
The gold medalist in the TV Documentaries category was announced halfway through the braised beef borderlaise--Harvest of Despair, a ...