Associated Press video journalist Mstyslav Chernov had just broken out of Mariupol after covering the first 20 days of the Russian invasion of the Ukrainian city and was feeling guilty about leaving. He'd filmed some 30 hours of footage over his days in Mariupol. That film, “20 Days in Mariupol,” a joint project between The Associated Press and PBS “Frontline,” premiered on Friday at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where it is playing in competition. “I don't know how much of that is our footage, how much of that is just what happens,” Chernov said. People are crying, people are depressed and they express a wide range of feelings, from anger, to sadness, to grief.
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