| Family Portrait in Black and White | |
| Director: | Julia Ivanova |
| Producer: | Boris Ivanov |
| Starring: | Olga Nenya |
| Cinematography: | Julia Ivanova Stanislav Shakhov |
| Editing: | Julia Ivanova |
| Studio: | Interfilm Productions |
| Distributor: | First Pond Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Canada Ukraine |
| Language: | English Ukrainian |
Family Portrait in Black and White is a Canadian-Ukrainian coproduced documentary film, directed by Julia Ivanova and released in 2011.[1] The film profiles Olga Nenya, a Ukrainian woman who has adopted a large family of biracial children, and tries to protect them from the sometimes virulent anti-African racism of rural Ukrainian society.[2]
The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.[3] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2011 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary.[4]
It was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.[5]