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Golden Retrievers And Palomino Ponies To The Rescue: In ‘After The Rain,’ Ukrainian Children Abducted By Russia Find Healing With Help From Animals

Ukrainian children abducted by Russia during the war find healing in the documentary 'After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home.'

After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home, executive produced by doc legend Sheila Nevins, held a preview screening last week hosted by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva. “Deep in a forest by the Baltic Sea, a group of Ukrainian families come together to start the healing process with the help of golden retrievers and palomino horses at an animal therapy retreat,” notes a description of the film. “The documentary sheds light on a sensitive and troubling issue: while Russia continues to engage in dialogue with the UN Committee,” a press release about the film states, “it remains evasive about providing specific details on the children’s locations, citing concerns about ‘privacy’ after what they describe as ‘evacuations.’ Critics argue that this is a cover for a darker reality of indoctrination and, in some cases, forced adoption into Russian families.”

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