It didn’t win an Oscar, but The Door is an amazing short film. So beautiful and haunting. It helps to have a sense of the history of Chernobyl, when people had to pick up and leave their lives on a moment’s notice, never to return. And people today need to know that Chernobyl is not ‘over’ or 'fixed’. Many experts say the health, environmental, and other problems are just beginning.

I’ve been involved with the issue for several years now. In 2006, in collaboration with Chernobyl Children’s Project International and others, I curated the Chernobyl20 exhibit on the 20th anniversary of the disaster, and I’ve been shooting in Belarus for almost ten years.

Still, a film like this moves me almost to tears, especially as a parent of a young daughter. Hope you’ll check it out, it’s a real example of art with a conscience. To do it justice, you should watch full-screen, with headphones, when you have a quiet 15 minutes.