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Almost Holy
2015 6.9 (25 votes) 1h 36m
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Genres
Documentary Drama
Production Companies
Animal

Almost Holy

Overview

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's social and political institutions faced massive change, including an increasingly corrupt government and crippled infrastructure. A number of the nation's youth wound up homeless and addicted to a lethal cocktail of injected cold medicine and alcohol. In the early 2000s a pastor from Mariupol named Gennadiy Mokhnenko took up the fight against child homelessness by forcibly abducting street kids and bringing them to his Pilgrim Republic rehabilitation center—the largest organization of its kind in the former Soviet Union. Gennadiy's ongoing efforts and unabashedly tough love approach to his city's problems has made him a folk hero for some, and a lawless vigilante to others. Despite criticism, Gennadiy is determined to continue his work.

Key Crew

Writer: Steve Hoover

Producer: Danny Yourd

Director: Steve Hoover

Director of Photography: John Pope

Top Cast

Gennadiy Mokhnenko

Videos

Almost Holy Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Gennadiy Mokhnenko Documentary HD

Крокодил Геннадий | Трейлер | Артдокфест-2015 | Конкурс

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