Biešankovičy resident George Stankevich known as a poet, singer, teacher, and public figure. His work and his life, he inspired Alexander Zenkov videographer and journalist Elena Stepanova to create the documentary "I believe that I am happy".
Before the concert, the audience watched a documentary. Presented the film authors, journalists Elena Stepanova and Aleksandr Zenkov.
The duration of the film "I believe that I am happy" – only about 14 minutes. But during this time of George Stankevich, you can learn a lot of unusual. Not only that, he writes poetry, teaches at the School of the German language, translates and sings.
Viewers saw it in everyday life: in the home village of Staryja Rančycy, Biešankovičy district, where the poet, singer and teacher, is living in a private house, near which grow potatoes, keeps bees, three cows ... He sells milk as a teacher's salary is not you live and the victim of his own money on the samizdat newspaper "Kryvinka", which he founded and produces for his countrymen. "After all, there is no one general truth, it consists of thousands of human truths, and they cannot be either embellish or" ideologically comb "," – said Giorgi Stankevich in the film.
The creative production team – known in Vorša journalist Elena Stepanova and videographer from Borisov Alexander Zenkov – told how the film was created. According to the authors, the aim was to show that this man's life, who writes lyrically sublime poetry, poetry translates foreign classics and singing with a guitar can be very distant from foreign representations of "La Boheme" and "the world of high art." But that kind of life – the real, and so are born George Stankevich such sincere, touching the line.
A new book of poems, "How to tear rain" presented to the participants of the meeting by the author. By the way, this is the fourth collection of poetry of George Stankevich. From a distance it is also at his own expense, a small circulation, and each book in the end finds its reader. After all, to remain indifferent to poetry Biešankovičy teacher of German language is simply impossible.
Even more interesting to hear how George Stankevich perform their own poems, set to music. If you do them a guitar, the poetic lines sound more penetrating, and "the way to the hearts of shorter" I am sure the author.
The next presentation will be held in Viciebsk. Then the film "I believe that I am happy", can be viewed on the Internet.
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