Medford resident Darya Mangeym has organized a fundraiser for the people of Ukraine: a showing of the film “The Longest Breakup” at the Condon Shell, followed by a discussion with the movie’s director, Katya Soldak. The documentary recounts Ukraine’s struggle to escape Russia’s embrace, leave its Soviet past behind and become a truly independent nation. Soldak, a Ukrainian-American journalist of Forbes Magazine now living in New York City, tells the story of her home country as it exits the USSR, works through two revolutions, and endures a war with Russia—all through the eyes of her family and friends in Kharkiv, a large Ukrainian city just 18 miles from the Russian border.

Admission is free, but a ticket reservation is required through Eventbrite. Donations to support the people of Ukraine may be made online via the nonprofit organization Razom for Ukraine.